Autumn Harris

Bio

Dr. Autumn Harris is a board-certified veterinary internist and researcher within the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Small Animal Hospital. She received her veterinary medical degree from Mississippi State University in 2012 and completed a one-year rotating internship at Kansas State University. She moved to the University of Florida for her internal medicine residency and a two-year post-doctoral nephrology fellowship, then stayed on for another six years as an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine.

Harris is currently completing a residency at NC State through the American College of Veterinary Nephrology-Urology. She treats many species of animals with kidney and urinary tract diseases and is especially passionate about improving the lives of dogs and cats with chronic kidney disease. Her clinical research focuses on improving veterinary medicine’s understanding of kidney failure, with particular focus on acid-base balance to optimize medical treatments for pets affected with this common disease.

Area(s) of Expertise

Harris' research spans both benchtop translational science and clinical discovery. Her benchtop work is directed at understanding the mechanisms through which the kidneys maintain the correct acid-base balance in the body. Her clinical research is focused on the goal of improving the lives of pets living with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Harris has reported on aspects, such as novel biomarkers, that aid in early diagnosis of common complications associated with worse outcomes in CKD, the use of novel therapies for CKD treatment, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in CKD and high blood pressure, and the role of the kidneys as it relates to heart disease. In particular, she is interested in investigating the role of acid-base balance in CKD disease progression and determining if medical intervention in this balance can improve outcomes. Kidney disease is very common in cats and dogs, and Harris' work acknowledges that while veterinarians have many medical options available for disease management, it is important to continue clinical research efforts to better understand and treat pets with this condition.

Publications

• Association of proteinuria at time of diagnosis with survival times in dogs with lymphoma , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2024)
• Correlation between urine anion gap and urine ammonia‐creatinine ratio in healthy cats and cats with kidney disease , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2024)
• Determining within-individual and between-subject biological variation in urine ammonia-to-creatinine ratio in healthy adult dogs , American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum (2024)
• Development of a reference interval for urinary ammonia‐to‐creatinine ratio in feline patients , Veterinary Clinical Pathology (2024)
• Renal Ammonia Metabolism: Make Sure “Urine” the Know! , NCSU Dean’s Seminar for Excellence in Research (2024)
• Sex differences in renal acid-base regulation , Physiology (2024)
• The effect of feeding on urine ammonia levels in cats with and without CKD , American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum (2024)
• Urine NGAL and GGT more correlated with proteinuria than serum creatinine in CKD study dogs , American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum (2024)
• An Update on Kidney Ammonium Transport Along the Nephron , Advances in Kidney Disease and Health (2023)
• Correlation between Urine Anion Gap and Urine Ammonia-Creatinine Ratio in Healthy and Kidney Disease Cats , American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum (2023)

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