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 endeavor.

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.

Vett Lloyd, PhD, at Mount Allison University in her lab.

CanLyme news

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The persistent problem of Long Lyme disease

May 7, 20257 min read

There’s a stubborn lack of significant change in Canada regarding…

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Lyme disease is difficult to detect. But a new device could make it almost as easy as taking your temperature

Apr 9, 20255 min read

CanLyme’s Dr. Vett Lloyd and Dr. Anna Ignaszak studying tiny…

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The pathology of tick-borne illnesses

Apr 4, 20251 min read

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