Liz serves as Principal Investigator of Lyme Disease Biobank, a program of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. Lyme Disease Biobank is a resource that provides much-needed blood, urine, and tissue samples to researchers studying Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. She has spent more than 2 decades working with non-profit organizations to build research initiatives and collaborations with academia, other non-profits, and industry. Since 2020, she has served as a scientific advisor for the LymeX Diagnostics Prize, a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Liz is passionate about building resources to move research forward that help people, improve lives, and reduce suffering.

Fun Fact: I’m a beer nerd, and I spent 8 days cycling through the Ardennes in Belgium (325 miles with an elevation gain of 22,400+ feet) to visit breweries including 3 Trappist monasteries.