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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Ticks survive for 27 years in entomologist’s lab

Feb 24, 20221 min read

by Binghamton University February 22, 2022 Food is necessary for survival,…

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Risk of post-treatment Lyme disease in patients with ideally-treated early Lyme disease: A prospective cohort study.

Feb 16, 20222 min read

Abstract Purpose Post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) is characterized by patient-reported…

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Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018

Feb 11, 20222 min read

Abstract By using commercial insurance claims data, we estimated that…