Vett Lloyd, PhD
Sackville, New Brunswick
Dr. Vett Lloyd is a professor of biology at Mount Allison University working on ticks and the pathogens they transmit.
Dr. Lloyd is the co-founder of the Canadian Lyme Science Alliance, an organization that aims to unite scientists, clinicians, and patients in the quest for a more comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease.
She is also the founding member of the Canadian Lyme Consortium and the Mount Allison Lyme Disease Network, interdisciplinary networks of researchers tackling the biological, social and human dimensions of Lyme disease and incorporating the Lyme patient community as full partners in this endeavour.
She has a special interest in encouraging community and citizen science in tick surveillance activities as a way to help “tick proof” communities.
More about Dr. Lloyd’s publications.
CanLyme news
Failed Disruption of Tick Feeding, Viability, and Molting after Immunization of Mice and Sheep with Recombinant Ixodes ricinus Salivary Proteins IrSPI and IrLip1
Abstract To identify potential vaccine candidates against Ixodes ricinus and tick-borne pathogen…
MP Elizabeth May speaks to the challenge of updating medical best practices and the continued rise of ticks and Lyme disease
“She describes how she first learned about the severity of…
Lyme Disease Patient Outcomes and Experiences; A Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract Lyme disease is a vector-borne illness caused by Borrelia spp. bacterium…