500 views!!!

From my experience, there seems to be a huge disconnect with the research-community and the non-scientific community. This is one aspect of science that I hope will change in the near future, for the benefit of scientists as well as the general public. As federal grants decreases and becomes more and more competitive, scientists need to explore novel methods of funding their research projects - one example is reaching out to the public in crowdfunding platforms. Part of why I love the idea of crowdsourcing research is that scientists need to engage and draw people in from all backgrounds! My project has been viewed 500 times, and I hope my research project and outcome can open up a dialog on the importance of understanding tick ecology and one-health approaches to tick-borne disease.