Dr. Ericson is currently Director of Research at Tlab Inc, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Medical School, a consultant in Biological Sciences University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School a Fellow at Think, Learn Innovate.
Her research has focused on vector-borne diseases, cancer, peripheral pain and hair disease using advanced imaging techniques including single- and multi-photon microscopy, second harmonic generation, super-resolution microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy and correlative light electron microscopy (CLEM).
She is dedicated to developing new techniques and protocols to better detect vector-borne diseases (VBD) in all human tissues, incorporating molecular biology and investigating the role of the peripheral nervous system in pain and VBD.
