Stephen Rich

Stephen Rich studies zoonotic diseases, with a focus on tick-borne diseases and human malaria. He is the director TickReport

Stephen Rich's expertise on tick-borne disease, including Lyme disease, Anaplasma and Babesia, has made him a go-to expert for commentary and predictions on the risks of these diseases.

He directs the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass Amherst, that focuses on infectious diseases, with particular attention to those diseases with transmission cycles that involve other animal species.

EDUCATION

• University of California Irvine
  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences
• Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • S.M., Tropical Medicine
• University of Vermont
  • M.S., Zoology
• Saint Lawrence University
  • B.S., Biology