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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Experts worry tick population has increased after harsh winter in the Maritimes

May 3, 20151 min read

By Brion Robinson, Global News May 2, 2015 RIVERVIEW, N.B.…

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Global TV: Tick threat in Winnipeg on the rise

May 2, 20151 min read

By Lauren McNabb Senior Reporter/Anchor  Global News – May 1st, 2015…

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CanLyme makes ‘Dear Abby’ newspaper column… thank you Lyn D.

Apr 29, 20151 min read

Dear Abby: Speedy diagnosis essential for treatment of Lyme disease…