Autumn N Harris

Autumn N Harris, DVM

Assistant Professor

Department: Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Business Email: harrisa@ufl.edu

Accomplishments

C.E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award
2020 · College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida
Postdoctoral Excellence in Renal Research Award
2019 · American Physiological Society
Resident Best Paper Award Author
2016 · Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society
2012 · Mississippi State University
American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award
2008 · Mississippi State University

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2020
VEM5200 Pnt Care Clin Skill 1
2019-2023
VEM5741 Core Clk Small An Med
2019,2021-2023
VEM5841 Senior Clk Sm An Med
2021-2023
VEM5305 Veterinary Urology
2023
VEM5402L Introduction to Surgery Lab

Board Certifications

  • Diplomate, Small Animal Internal Medicine
    American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Distal renal tubular acidosis
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Proximal renal tubular acidosis

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Proteinuria
  • Renal Ammonia Metabolism
  • Renal Physiology
  • Sex Differences
  • chronic kidney disease
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-2329-3905

Publications

2023
An Update on Kidney Ammonium Transport Along the Nephron
Advances in Kidney Disease and Health. 30(2):189-196 [DOI] 10.1053/j.akdh.2022.12.005.
2023
Stump pyometra in a spayed female dog secondary to tamoxifen.
Veterinary medicine and science. 9(1):47-52 [DOI] 10.1002/vms3.1041. [PMID] 36571806.
2023
The proximal tubule through an NBCe1-dependent mechanism regulates collecting duct phenotypic and remodeling responses to acidosis
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 324(1):F12-F29 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00175.2022. [PMID] 36264886.
2023
Use of serum osmolality to identify heart disease stage in dogs and relationship to mathematical chloride correction.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine. [DOI] 10.1111/jvim.16863. [PMID] 37702389.
2022
Acid-base effects of combined renal deletion of NBCe1-A and NBCe1-B
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 322(2):F208-F224 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00358.2021. [PMID] 35001662.
2022
Case Report: Septic Pericarditis With Achromobacter xyloxidans in an Immunosuppressed Dog.
Frontiers in veterinary science. 9 [DOI] 10.3389/fvets.2022.884654. [PMID] 35664856.
2021
Establishment of an RI for the urine ammonia‐to‐creatinine ratio in dogs
Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 50(4):597-602 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.13032. [PMID] 34854107.
2021
Familial nephropathy in Bracchi Italiani: 8 cases (2012-2019).
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 259(12):1422-1427 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.20.07.0420. [PMID] 34757934.
2021
Role of the renal androgen receptor in sex differences in ammonia metabolism
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 321(5):F629-F644 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00260.2021. [PMID] 34605272.
2021
Sex differences in renal ammonia metabolism
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 320(1):F55-F60 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00531.2020. [PMID] 33308019.
2020
NBCe1-A is required for the renal ammonia and K+response to hypokalemia
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 318(2):F402-F421 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00481.2019. [PMID] 31841393.
2020
Testosterone modulates renal ammonia metabolism
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 318(4):F922-F935 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00560.2019. [PMID] 32116019.
2019
Differences in acidosis-stimulated renal ammonia metabolism in the male and female kidney
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 317(4):F890-F905 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00244.2019. [PMID] 31390234.
2019
Regulation of renal NaDC1 expression and citrate excretion by NBCe1-A.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology. 317(2):F489-F501 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00015.2019. [PMID] 31188034.
2018
Differences in renal ammonia metabolism in male and female kidney.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology. 315(2):F211-F222 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00084.2018. [PMID] 29561185.
2018
Effects of Hyperkalemia on Renal Ammonia Metabolism
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29(5):1411-1425
2018
Expression of the B splice variant of NBCe1 (SLC4A4) in the mouse kidney.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology. 315(3):F417-F428 [DOI] 10.1152/ajprenal.00515.2017. [PMID] 29631353.
2018
Mechanism of Hyperkalemia-Induced Metabolic Acidosis
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29(5):1411-1425 [DOI] 10.1681/asn.2017111163.
2018
Mechanism of Hyperkalemia-Induced Metabolic Acidosis
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29(5):1411-1425 [DOI] 10.1681/asn.2017111163.
2018
NBCe1-A Regulates Proximal Tubule Ammonia Metabolism under Basal Conditions and in Response to Metabolic Acidosis
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29(4):1182-1197 [DOI] 10.1681/asn.2017080935.
2018
NBCe1-A Regulates Proximal Tubule Ammonia Metabolism under Basal Conditions and in Response to Metabolic Acidosis
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29(4):1182-1197 [DOI] 10.1681/asn.2017080935.
2017
Biologic variability of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in adult healthy cats.
Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 19(2):216-223 [DOI] 10.1177/1098612X15623825. [PMID] 26767980.
2017
Investigation of an N‐Terminal Prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Point‐of‐Care ELISA in Clinically Normal Cats and Cats With Cardiac Disease
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 31(4):994-999 [DOI] 10.1111/jvim.14776. [PMID] 28617995.
2016
Use of endoscopic-assisted argon plasma coagulation for the treatment of colonic vascular ectasia (angiodysplasia) in an adult dog.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 248(5):526-31 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.248.5.526. [PMID] 26885595.
2014
NEGATIVE REGULATORY EFFECTS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL3-KINASE PATHWAY ON PHAGOCYTOSIS AND MACROPINOCYTOSIS IN BOVINE MONOCYTES.
Journal of veterinary medicine and research. 1(2) [PMID] 25893219.

Grants

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
Ammonia Excretion, A Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Feline CKD
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: EVERYCAT HEALTH FOUNDATION
Mar 2023 ACTIVE
Kidney Disease in the Bracco Italiano
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: BRACCO ITALIANO HEALTH FOUNDATION
Mar 2023 ACTIVE
Rapamycin: Evaluation of Effectiveness in Renal Senescence The REVERSE Study
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: OHIO STATE UNIV via TRIVIUMVET DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
May 2022 ACTIVE
Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Chronic Kidney Disease in Dogs
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: AMER KENNEL CLUB CANINE HLTH FOU
Apr 2022 ACTIVE
Tolerability and clinical efficacy of acetazolamide for treatment of hypochloremia in canine congestive heart failure
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: AMER KENNEL CLUB CANINE HLTH FOU
Apr 2019 ACTIVE
Sex Differences in Renal Ammonia Metabolism
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDDK

Education

Post Doctoral Fellow
2016-2019 · Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Renal Transplantation; University of Florida
Resident, Small Animal Internal Medicine
2013-2016 · College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Florida
Intern, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
2012-2013 · College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
2008-2012 · College of Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi State University

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
harrisa@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100224
GAINESVILLE FL 32610