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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Lyme Borreliosis in Human Patients in Florida and Georgia, USA

Jun 7, 20132 min read

 Int J Med Sci   2013; 10(7):915-931.  doi:10.7150/ijms.6273 Abstract The aim…

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Tick, Lyme disease season hits Windsor-Essex

Jun 7, 20131 min read

CBC News – Posted: Jun  7, 2013 It’s tick season and…

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Ticks carrying Lyme disease on the rise across N.B.

Jun 7, 20131 min read

Biologist Vett Lloyd says it’s no longer a localized problem…