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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Belleville, Ontario, Canada: Lyme Disease a concern for Health Unit as more ticks test positive

Dec 2, 20151 min read

Belleville News by Steve Petrick Nov 30th, 2015 Belleville –…

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Amblyomma dissimile Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizes bird captured in Canada

Dec 2, 20152 min read

Systematic & Applied Acarology 20(8): 854–860 (2015) John D. Scott,…

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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation near the Arctic Circle

Nov 10, 20151 min read

Volume 6, Issue 6, September 2015, Pages 768–773 Ticks and…