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Associate Professor Mary Thompson

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The University of Sydney

Resume

Mary graduated from the University of Sydney and worked in small animal practice in Sydney before completing a rotating internship and residency in small animal internal medicine at Washington State and Purdue universities. Mary has spent the last 15 years working in clinical academic roles at The University of Queensland, where she completed her PhD, and more recently (2015-2020) at Murdoch University.

Research interests

Mary Thompson combines a broad experience with small animal clinical urinary tract medicine and a PhD in veterinary microbiology to improve the urinary tract health of dogs and cats and reduce unnecessary antimicrobial use in the treatment of positive urine cultures.

Mary has an evolving interest in the microbiome of the canine and feline urinary tracts and is currently recruiting healthy cats for urinary tract microbiome analysis, to be followed by examination of cats with feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Her collaborators include Professor Jacqueline Norris, Dr Andrew McPherson, and Associate Professor Andrew Holmes.

Mary is also interested in new therapeutic interventions for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a previously invariably fatal disease of young cats worldwide, and in conjunction with Professor Jacqueline Norris and Associate Professor Merran Govendir, supervises PhD student Sally Coggins, who is working in this exciting area.

Teaching and supervision

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

VET6303- Small Animal Practice A

VET6404- Small Animal Clinics C

COMPLETED POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

2021 – Wen-Jie Yang (RMT)- Assessment of canine adrenal function using a compounded synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone

2020- Emily Jones (PhD)- Pathological and clinicopathological features of canine and feline bladder disease

2013- Sze Fui Hii- Canine vector-borne diseases in Australia

Associations

Australian Veterinary Association (AVA)

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)

Awards and honours

2019: Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Murdoch

University

2017: Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Murdoch

University

2014: Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Membership Travel

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Publications

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Wang, Y., Hosgood, G., Foster, S., Langner, K., Hayward, D., Thompson, M. (2023). Assessment of a compounded synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone product in 17 healthy dogs. Australian Veterinary Journal, 101(4), 127-132. [More Information]
Coggins, S., Norris, J., Malik, R., Govendir, M., Hall, E., Kimble, B., Thompson, M. (2023). Outcomes of treatment of cats with feline infectious peritonitis using parenterally administered remdesivir, with or without transition to orally administered GS-441524. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, , 1-12. [More Information]
Kimble, B., Coggins, S., Norris, J., Thompson, M., Govendir, M. (2023). Quantification of GS-441524 concentration in feline plasma using high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Veterinary Quarterly, 43(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Lim, Y., Mansfield, C., Stevenson, M., Thompson, M., Davies, D., Whitney, J., James, F., Tebb, A., Fry, D., Buob, S., et al (2022). A retrospective multi-center study of treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors in 34 dogs with disseminated aspergillosis in Australia. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 36(2), 580-590. [More Information]
Wolfenden, G., James, F., Hung, L., Bruce, M., Thompson, M. (2022). Comparative accuracy of two veterinary-calibrated point-of-care glucometres for measurement of blood glucose concentration in dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 63(7), 512-519. [More Information]
Westman, M., Coggins, S., van Dorsselaer, M., Norris, J., Squires, R., Thompson, M., Malik, R. (2022). Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in domestic pet cats in Australia and New Zealand: Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention and management. Australian Veterinary Journal, , 1-15. [More Information]
Jones, E., Alawneh, J., Thompson, M., Allavena, R. (2021). Association between case signalment and disease diagnosis in urinary bladder disease in Australian cats and dogs. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 33(3), 498-505. [More Information]
Jones, E., Palmieri, C., Thompson, M., Jackson, K., Allavena, R. (2021). Feline Idiopathic Cystitis: Pathogenesis, Histopathology and Comparative Potential. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 185, 18-29. [More Information]
Jones, E., Alawneh, J., Thompson, M., Palmieri, C., Jackson, K., Allavena, R. (2020). Predicting diagnosis of Australian canine and feline urinary bladder disease based on histologic features. Veterinary Sciences, 7(4), 1-13. [More Information]
Hii, S., Traub, R., Thompson, M., Henning, J., O'Leary, C., Burleigh, A., Mcmahon, S., Rees, R., Kopp, S. (2015). Canine tick-borne pathogens and associated risk factors in dogs presenting with and without clinical signs consistent with tick-borne diseases in northern Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal, 93(3), 58-66. [More Information]

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2023

Wang, Y., Hosgood, G., Foster, S., Langner, K., Hayward, D., Thompson, M. (2023). Assessment of a compounded synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone product in 17 healthy dogs. Australian Veterinary Journal, 101(4), 127-132. [More Information]
Coggins, S., Norris, J., Malik, R., Govendir, M., Hall, E., Kimble, B., Thompson, M. (2023). Outcomes of treatment of cats with feline infectious peritonitis using parenterally administered remdesivir, with or without transition to orally administered GS-441524. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, , 1-12. [More Information]
Kimble, B., Coggins, S., Norris, J., Thompson, M., Govendir, M. (2023). Quantification of GS-441524 concentration in feline plasma using high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Veterinary Quarterly, 43(1), 1-9. [More Information]

2022

Lim, Y., Mansfield, C., Stevenson, M., Thompson, M., Davies, D., Whitney, J., James, F., Tebb, A., Fry, D., Buob, S., et al (2022). A retrospective multi-center study of treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors in 34 dogs with disseminated aspergillosis in Australia. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 36(2), 580-590. [More Information]
Wolfenden, G., James, F., Hung, L., Bruce, M., Thompson, M. (2022). Comparative accuracy of two veterinary-calibrated point-of-care glucometres for measurement of blood glucose concentration in dogs. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 63(7), 512-519. [More Information]
Westman, M., Coggins, S., van Dorsselaer, M., Norris, J., Squires, R., Thompson, M., Malik, R. (2022). Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in domestic pet cats in Australia and New Zealand: Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention and management. Australian Veterinary Journal, , 1-15. [More Information]

2021

Jones, E., Alawneh, J., Thompson, M., Allavena, R. (2021). Association between case signalment and disease diagnosis in urinary bladder disease in Australian cats and dogs. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 33(3), 498-505. [More Information]
Jones, E., Palmieri, C., Thompson, M., Jackson, K., Allavena, R. (2021). Feline Idiopathic Cystitis: Pathogenesis, Histopathology and Comparative Potential. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 185, 18-29. [More Information]

2020

Jones, E., Alawneh, J., Thompson, M., Palmieri, C., Jackson, K., Allavena, R. (2020). Predicting diagnosis of Australian canine and feline urinary bladder disease based on histologic features. Veterinary Sciences, 7(4), 1-13. [More Information]

2015

Hii, S., Traub, R., Thompson, M., Henning, J., O'Leary, C., Burleigh, A., Mcmahon, S., Rees, R., Kopp, S. (2015). Canine tick-borne pathogens and associated risk factors in dogs presenting with and without clinical signs consistent with tick-borne diseases in northern Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal, 93(3), 58-66. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2022

Determining the utility of acute phase proteins in assessing the clinical progress of oral GS-441524 treatment for naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis in domestic cats, Norris J, Thompson M, Govendir M, Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation/Research Grants Program

2021

Determining the clinical efficacy and safety of remdesivir for the treatment of naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis, Norris J, Coggins S, Thompson M, EveryCAT Health Foundation/Research Grant
Determining the utility of acute phase proteins in assessing the clinical progress of remdesivir treatment for naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis in domestic cats, Norris J, Coggins S, Govendir M, Thompson M, Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation/Research Grants Program

2017

A novel drug (RetroMAD1TM) to treat feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) infection in Australian cats, Westman M, Norris J, Malik R, Sheehy P, Thompson M, Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation/Research Support

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