Looking at Lyme

73. Dr. Kendall Soucie and Marissa Rakus join to discuss their research on medical gaslighting

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Kendall Soucie and Marissa Rakus. Dr. Kendall Soucie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Windsor, in Ontario Canada. She studies women’s health, particularly the social and institutional impacts of living with chronic health conditions.Marissa Rakus is a PhD candidate in the Applied Social Psychology program at the University of Windsor. Her research examines gender-based violence and women's interactions with formal support systems.Together they are researching medical gaslighting. They’ve been gathering information from respondents and have compiled close to 2,000 responses from women who say medical personnel have not taken their problems seriously. They join us today to talk about this challenge and how it impacts chronic health conditions like Lyme disease. www.lookingatlyme.ca

72. Pathology, Lyme disease, biobanks and more

In this podcast, we talk with Dr. Sarah Keating. As an anatomic pathologist for more than 35 years, Sarah worked on staff at a number of hospitals in Ontario as well as at Ontario Forensic Pathology Services. She is recently retired but is passionate about learning as much as possible about tick borne diseases in order to help improve the access to care for suffering patients. She maintains her affiliation with the University of Toronto as an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology. Sarah has been a member of the CanLyme board since 2022 and she is also an active member of ILADS – the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.Read morewww.lookingatlyme.cacanlyme.com/sarah-keating/

71. The interaction between complex chronic disease and mental health

In this podcast, we talk with Dr. Eleanor Stein. Dr. Stein is a medical doctor and psychiatrist. The course of her career in academic medicine took a sudden turn when she developed myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and environmental sensitivities in 1989 during her psychiatry residency. She experienced the same lack of informed care that so many face and as a result made the decision to focus her practice on chronic complex diseases. Since then, she has devoted her career to learning about these conditions and has worked closely with thousands of patients integrating conventional and integrative approaches to help them improve their health and function. Dr. Stein retired from medical practice at the end of 2022 to devote her time to sharing what she has learned over the past 35 years. Through her website, she provides free resources and paid courses.www.lookingatlyme.cawww.eleanorsteinmd.ca

70. Lilian Dart on tick safety, education, and the prevention of Lyme disease

In this episode, we talk with Lilian Dart, a PhD student at the University of Toronto. Lilian is an environmental geographer who researches the complex relationship between humans and their environment, focusing on how this relationship shapes behaviour, participation, and environmental decision-making in Canada, with particular attention to issues of environmental justice and equity. With a strong academic foundation spanning both the sciences and social sciences, her previous work has explored community-based conservation, community health, and housing policy. www.lookingatlyme.ca

69. Exploring new research in Lyme prevention with Dr. Nicoletta Faraone

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Nicoletta Faraone, a chemical ecologist and natural product chemist Dr. Faraone is an associate professor in the chemistry department at Acadia University where she teaches biochemistry and natural product chemistry. Her research focuses on how ticks detect odours from hosts and how they respond to repellants. She designs and develops novel essential oil based tick repellant products using nanotechnology. Since 2019, Dr. Faraone has supervised more than 50 students, technicians, research students, postdocs, and has received more than two million dollars CAD to support her research. Further reading:Acadia researcher finds that lemongrass oil is a natural tick repellent Arming us in our battle with ticks: ‘They will be always out there’AtlantickNicoletta Faraone