Dr. Autumn Harris is a double board-certified veterinary internist and nephrologist, and an Associate Professor and researcher within the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching 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 postdoctoral nephrology fellowship focusing on acid-base regulation in kidney disease. She then remained an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine for another 6 years. Dr. Harris subsequently completed a residency in veterinary nephrology and urology at NC State through the American College of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology and became board-certified in the specialty. 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. Dr. Harris has received the Postdoctoral Excellence in Renal Research Award from the American Physiological Society and the C.E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award from the University of Florida for her contributions to renal physiology and CKD in dogs and cats.

Rebeca Castro has managed Dr. Harris’s laboratory for over 7 years. Together they have studied metabolic acidosis in mice, investigated sex-steroid specific differences in mouse kidneys, along with a range of clinical studies in client owned dogs and cats. She loves working with animals and says it is her “personal mission to see that every animal is treated with kindness, understanding, and respect.” Rebeca graduated from the University of Florida with her Bachelors in Biological Sciences and has been working a lab manager since 2018.