2018 IRIS Award Winner

Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM from the USA has focused her research on feline chronic kidney disease. After spending time in feline-only private practice, she returned to the university setting determined to advance the state of knowledge for cats with chronic kidney disease. She completed an internal medicine residency and a PhD focused on this disease. In 2018, she was an Associate Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Ohio State University.

Over the 5-year period under consideration for the IRIS prize, Jessica published over 25 articles with relevance to the field of nephrology. While the work that Jessica has done on stem cell therapy as a potential treatment for CKD has attracted a lot of attention in the veterinary media, perhaps even more important contributions have been made in evaluating treatments that reduce patient morbidity. In particular, her meticulous evaluation of how we can improve appetite and reduce nausea in cats with CKD is especially noteworthy. Her work objectively evaluating some of the treatments that have been advocated for years without any real clinical proof of efficacy, has resulted in real changes to clinical practice.

The 2018 IRIS Award was presented at the ECVIM meeting in Rotterdam by IRIS Senior Vice-President Claudio Brovida. Dr. Quimby gave an excellent IRIS Award Lecture summarizing many of the outstanding contributions she has made to feline nephrology.