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.
CanLyme news
Province of Nova Scotia publicly makes false claims regarding Lyme disease.
June 3, 2018 Chronicle Herald – Public health failing to address…
Lyme disease in Saskatchewan ticks, and dog ticks can infect Borrelia miyamotoi.
The vast majority of ticks found in Saskatchewan are Dermacentor…
A heart specialist in Kingston, Ont. is warning health care professionals across the country to be on the lookout for a rare but serious complication of Lyme disease
May 30th, 2018 A heart specialist in Kingston, Ont. is…