Trenton Honda Clinical Professor; Associate Dean, School of Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences t.honda@northeastern.edu 617.373.3195 Expertise health effects of environmental exposures Trenton Honda for Northeastern Global News What is alpha-gal, the red meat allergy tied to tick bites? What is alpha-gal, the red meat allergy tied to tick bites? An environmental epidemiologist says awareness of alpha gal — caused by lone star tick bites — is growing but cases are still underdiagnosed.