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Andi Lear, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM-LA
Assistant Professor of Food Animal Field Services | Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Specialization: Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Large Animal
Overview
Dr. Andrea (Andi) Lear is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. She provides clinical services as a Farm Animal Field Service clinician and performs research. Her areas of expertise include large animal internal medicine, infectious disease, virology, immunology, reproductive physiology, & neonatology. Dr. Lear’s professional interests include participation in farm animal veterinary practice, advancement of animal agriculture, leadership in organized veterinary medicine and training of future veterinarians & animal scientists.
Research Focus
Dr. Lear’s research interest focuses around maternal-fetal interactions including: fetal viability, in-utero diagnostics, placental immunology & epigenetics of neonatal immunology.
Clinical Focus
As a clinical veterinarian, Dr. Lear's clinical interests include food animal internal medicine, production medicine for beef cow-calf and small ruminants/camelids, herd disease investigation, and livestock neonatology
Teaching Focus
Applied virology and immunology as well as food animal production and disease training in the DVM curriculum. Training for graduate students in special topics related to immunology and infectious disease.
Outreach Focus
Dr. Lear provides invited lectures related to health of agriculture animal, and participates in organized veterinary medicine, providing training of future veterinarians & animal scientists.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3057-1651
The College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
- BS - Murray State University, 2007
- DVM - Auburn University, 2011
- MS - Colorado State University, 2015
- PhD - University of Tennessee, 2018
Andi Lear, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM-LA
Assistant Professor of Food Animal Field Services | Large Animal Clinical Sciences
ORCID: 0000-0002-3057-1651
The College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
- BS - Murray State University, 2007
- DVM - Auburn University, 2011
- MS - Colorado State University, 2015
- PhD - University of Tennessee, 2018
Overview
Dr. Andrea (Andi) Lear is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. She provides clinical services as a Farm Animal Field Service clinician and performs research. Her areas of expertise include large animal internal medicine, infectious disease, virology, immunology, reproductive physiology, & neonatology. Dr. Lear’s professional interests include participation in farm animal veterinary practice, advancement of animal agriculture, leadership in organized veterinary medicine and training of future veterinarians & animal scientists.
Research Focus
Dr. Lear’s research interest focuses around maternal-fetal interactions including: fetal viability, in-utero diagnostics, placental immunology & epigenetics of neonatal immunology.
Clinical Focus
As a clinical veterinarian, Dr. Lear's clinical interests include food animal internal medicine, production medicine for beef cow-calf and small ruminants/camelids, herd disease investigation, and livestock neonatology
Teaching Focus
Applied virology and immunology as well as food animal production and disease training in the DVM curriculum. Training for graduate students in special topics related to immunology and infectious disease.
Outreach Focus
Dr. Lear provides invited lectures related to health of agriculture animal, and participates in organized veterinary medicine, providing training of future veterinarians & animal scientists.
