Melissa Nolan, Ph.D. (far right), and her research group prepare to survey for ticks at the nearby Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, South Carolina. She and her group are gathering information about various arthropods. A new paper in the Journal of Medical Entomology describes the impact of U.S. policy on curbing disease-causing mosquitoes, ticks, and other arthropods. Nolan is assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, and recipient of an Entomological Society of America science policy fellowship. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Nolan, Ph.D.)