Andrea Grindeland, DVM, a Great Falls native, is the attending veterinarian and an assistant professor at McLaughlin Research Institute and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has a clinical background in mixed animal veterinary medicine, is experienced in transgenic mouse model characterization for various neurodegenerative diseases and is focused on a “one health” approach to diseases studied in her lab.

Research

Current Research: Finding early detection methods and understanding genetic susceptibility factors for Chronic Wasting Disease, a neurodegenerative disease of deer and elk with potential for ecological impacts, is the Grindeland laboratory’s main focus.