Associate ProfessorMary Thompson
Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine
Faculty of Science
- Associate Professor of Small Animal MedicineFaculty of Science
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).
Mary is also interested in new therapeutic interventions for feline idiopathic cystitis, an incredibly frustrating disease of cats worldwide.
Mary's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Healthy Animals, Preventing and Treating Disease & Disorder.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTEvaluating bacteriophage and antimicrobial peptides as novel therapies for feline urinary tract infectionsMorris Animal Foundation (USA)1 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Venturini C,
- Thompson M,
- Worthing K,
- Gotsbacher M
- GRANTInvestigation of tryptophan and kynurenines as predictive markers to monitor response to antiviral treatment in cats with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)EveryCAT Health Foundation1 May 2024People funded by this grant:
- Norris J,
- Coggins S,
- Govendir M,
- Kimble B,
- Thompson M
- GRANTDetermining the utility of acute phase proteins in assessing the clinical progress of oral GS-441524 treatment for naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis in domestic catsAustralian Companion Animal Health Foundation4 Jul 2022People funded by this grant:
- Thompson M,
- Norris J,
- Govendir M
- GRANTDetermining the clinical efficacy and safety of remdesivir for the treatment of naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitisEveryCAT Health Foundation1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Coggins S,
- Norris J,
- Thompson M
- GRANTDetermining the utility of acute phase proteins in assessing the clinical progress of remdesivir treatment for naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis in domestic catsAustralian Companion Animal Health Foundation1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Norris J,
- Thompson M,
- Govendir M,
- Coggins S