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
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says, “We are sure it is underreported,” and “We think the numbers are much higher.”
May 13th, 2016 Ottawa Citizen There are few Canadian health…
Toronto identifies areas where ticks that cause Lyme disease are found
[CanLyme Note: Re: this statement, “Blacklegged ticks that can spread Lyme…
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada: Lyme-carrying tick numbers on rise here
Rate of cases in humans growing, province warns By…