About TickEncounter.org

Thank you for visiting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island. We distinguish ourselves by providing you with information regarding ticks and tick-transmitted diseases, but also seek to interactively guide you through the most up-to-date, effective actions that you can take to prevent ticks from biting you, your family and your pets.

URI's Center For Vector-Borne Disease is a non-profit organization devoted to preventing insect- and arthropod-transmitted infections. To eliminate tick-borne disease in Rhode Island, we will implement our goals, and seek out those people and entities that will make a difference, and encourage them to do their part.

This site was built by a partnership between the University's Center for Vector Borne Disease and the 3D Group for Interactive Visualization. It is also is supported by several sponsors and donations from the surrounding community.

Project Member Biographies

Dr. Thomas Mather, Nathan Miller, Megan Dyer, Kimberly Kowal Arcand; Erin Rainone, Dr. Jean-Yves Hervé, Brian Mullen, Jennifer Sullivan. Matthew Iandoli, Emily Troiano. Click on a picture for a brief biography

Learn more about the Tick Encounter Resource Center and the fight against tick-borne disease in this documentary by Mary Healey Jamiel.

Watch Hidden in the Leaves

Did you know?

Did you know that in many areas of the northeast and mid-atlantic United States, you are highly likely to be bitten by a disease-carrying tick in your own backyard?

The Tick Encounter Resource Center is the principal outreach program of the University of Rhode Island Center for Vector-Borne Disease. It is affiliated with the College of Environment and Life Sciences and the Department of Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Rhode Island.