Rate My Professor Jennifer Davis

Dr. Jennifer Davis is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University. She obtained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVMS) from the University of Glasgow in 2005. She completed a Masters by Research on 'Investigation of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a biomarker for acute kidney injury in dogs' at Murdoch University in 2015, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on 'Investigation of early biomarkers for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury following ischaemia reperfusion injury in dogs' in 2021, both within the School of Veterinary Medicine or predecessor School of Veterinary and Life Sciences. Davis is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (Dipl.ECVAA) and a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (MANZCVS). Her career includes roles in the Department of Veterinary Anaesthesia at Murdoch University and contributions as a supervisor for postgraduate research from 2016 to 2022.

Davis's research interests center on veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia, with a particular emphasis on early biomarkers for perioperative and ischaemia-reperfusion acute kidney injury (AKI) in dogs, cardiovascular responses during hemorrhage, mechanical ventilation strategies, and assay validations for urinary biomarkers such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). Key publications include 'Improved Cardiovascular Tolerance to Hemorrhage after Oral Resveratrol Pretreatment in Dogs' (Veterinary Sciences, 2021, cited 8 times); 'Early diagnosis of acute kidney injury subsequent to cardiopulmonary bypass in dogs' (Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2022, cited 20 times); 'Urinary biomarkers for early diagnosis of perioperative acute kidney injury in dogs: a narrative review' (Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2025); 'Validation of a commercial magnetic bead–based multiplex immunoassay for detection of canine urinary biomarkers' (Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2020, cited 8 times); 'Investigation of interference from synthetic colloids on the performance of a canine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin immunoassay' (Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2019, cited 4 times); 'Paradoxical bradycardia during surgical caudal vena cava occlusion in dogs' (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2017, cited 3 times); and 'Pressure and volume controlled mechanical ventilation in anaesthetized pregnant sheep' (Laboratory Animals, 2014, cited 11 times). These works have advanced understanding and diagnostic tools in veterinary critical care.