Bianca Lourenço

Dr. Bianca Lourenço is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine. She specializes in Small Animal Internal Medicine, focusing on chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and proteinuria in companion animals. She holds a DVM/MSc from the University of Porto (2010), followed by internships at the University of Cambridge and North Carolina State University. Her residency and PhD in nephrology (2013–2019) were completed at UGA, culminating in her ACVIM Diploma (2016). She joined the faculty in 2019.

Education:

• DVM/MSc, University of Porto, Portugal (2010)
• Small Animal Rotating Internships: University of Cambridge (UK) and North Carolina State University (2011–2012)
• Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency, University of Georgia (2013–2016)
• PhD in Nephrology, University of Georgia (2019)

Research Interests: Her work centers on mechanisms of chronic kidney disease progression in cats and dogs, with a focus on profibrotic gene expression, hypertension, and proteinuria. She employs both clinical and experimental models to advance diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in veterinary nephrology.

Publications: Her research has been published in journals such as Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, with a focus on renal pathophysiology and diagnostic techniques. Recent work includes studies on profibrotic markers in feline CKD and proteinuria in canine oncology patients.

Awards & Grants: No awards explicitly mentioned in the text. Her work is supported by institutional and collaborative research funding.

Advising & Labs: While specific grants or student advisees are not listed, her research involves collaborative projects with faculty at UGA and other institutions. She contributes to the Small Animal Internal Medicine Service at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Labs & Teams: Active in the UGA Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories and the Nephrology Research Group, focusing on translational studies in companion animal kidney disease.