Dr. Lise Nigrovic’s research focus has been in the approach to diagnosis and management of children with infectious emergencies including Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. She is the founding chair of the only pediatric Lyme disease clinical research network, Pedi Lyme Net with associated pediatric biorepository and more than 5000 children enrolled. Currently she is the PI for a NIAID funded 21-center comparative effectiveness study comparing doxycycline to ceftriaxone for children with Lyme meningitis which recently completed enrollment. Dr. Nigrovic is the Boston Children’s Hospital PI for the NCATS funded Harvard Catalyst grant to support local clinical research infrastructure and training.