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

A brick building at the University of Toronto stands solidly in the fall.

Scholarship opportunity for undergraduates with a project focused on Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases

Sep 22, 20262 min read

This application deadline is September 30. Help make a difference;…

A figure from Levesque et al's paper of the cycle of meaning-making that patients experience.

Living with persistent illness and uncertainty: Patient narratives on Lyme disease in Nova Scotia, Canada

Sep 18, 20263 min read

Patients experienced misdiagnosis or dismissal, with symptoms attributed to psychological…

The sun sets over London Ontario in the autumn with vivid yellow and red glowing around the city scape.

Lyme disease is becoming one of Canada’s defining climate-health challenges

Sep 14, 202611 min read

According to Ogden and other scientists, ticks are projected to…