Vett Lloyd, PhD
Dr. Vett Lloyd is a professor of Biology at Mount Allison University with expertise in molecular genetics and epigenetics. Her research has included finding animal models for rare human genetic diseases, organismal cloning organisms, cancer cell biology and zoonotic diseases. For the past decade her lab has been working on the genetics of ticks and the pathogens they transmit. Dr. Lloyd is the founding member of the Maritime Lyme Disease Network and Canadian Lyme Consortium, an interdisciplinary network of researchers tackling the biological, social and human dimensions of Lyme disease and incorporating the Lyme patient community as full partners in this endeavor. Dr. Lloyd runs the Mount Allison tick lab, which studies tick and pathogen biology. Her published work in this area includes tick genetics, tick behaviour, wildlife disease reservoirs, patient treatment outcomes and the use of animal sentinel species to predict the risk of Lyme disease in humans. Additionally, she has a special interest in encouraging citizen science in tick surveillance activities as a way to promote tick education to communities.
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