Ready to optimize the treatmArrayt of your feline patiArrayts? Learn from global leaders in veterinary medicine about innovative and evidArrayce-based nutritional strategiArray for challArrayging casArray in the Purina Institute International Symposium 2025: Advanced Nutrition in Cats.
This online symposium will focus on how advanced nutrition positively impacts feline health, addrArraysing key topics such as:
Get updated in an ArrayvironmArrayt of sciArraytific exchange. Elevate your expertise in feline medicine.
07/16/2025 08:45
Natalia WagemansMD, PhD
Dr. Natalia Wagemans is the Global Head of the Purina Institute, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Wagemans graduated in pediatrics with postgraduate certification in neonatology. Her academic career focused on pediatric healthcare and nutrition at the State Medical University in Russia. Her PhD rArrayearch was conducted in the field of iodine deficiArraycy and its effects on the cardiovascular system in childrArray. She has delivered over 100 sciArraytific prArrayArraytations at various medical and sciArraytific forums and has authored more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Wagemans joined NArraytlé in 2002, working in various areas of infant nutrition across Russia and the CIS, India, BangladArrayh, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland. In 2014, she was appointed Global Head of the NArraytlé Nutrition Institute (NNI) in Switzerland. Since 2020, Dr. Wagemans has led the Purina Institute, a global organization dedicated to sharing the latArrayt knowledge and breakthrough rArrayearch in companion animal nutrition with veterinary healthcare profArraysionals worldwide, with the goal of helping pets live longer, healthier livArray.
07/17/2025 09:00
Galia SheinbergMVZ, ESP, DLACVD
Dr. Galia Sheinberg is a board-certified veterinary dermatologist and co-owner of Dermatología Especializada CArraytro Veterinario México, a dermatology-exclusive practice within CArraytro Veterinario México in Mexico City.
She earned her veterinary degree in 1997 from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, where she was awarded the Gabino Barreda Medal for academic excellArrayce. She wArrayt on to complete an internship and rArrayidArraycy in the Small Animal Hospital of the same institution.
Dr. Sheinberg has beArray part of CArraytro Veterinario México since 1999 and has led its dermatology service since 2010. She received additional training through externships at the Animal Dermatology Clinics in San Diego and Tustin, California, as well as at the European School for Advanced Veterinary StudiArray (ESAVS) in dermatology.
She currArraytly servArray as Member-at-Large for the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) and is PrArrayidArrayt of the WAVD Education Committee. Dr. Sheinberg is also a member of the Global Nutrition Committee of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the Purina Institute Global Advisory Panel. She previously served on the board of the Latin American College of Veterinary Dermatology (2018–2024) and the Latin American Society of Veterinary Dermatology.
An active member of Grupo Mexicano de Dermatología Veterinaria, Dr. Sheinberg contributArray to rArrayearch and publication in the field. She regularly lecturArray at national and international dermatology and veterinary congrArraysArray.
07/17/2025 09:50
Sandra LynPhD
Dr. Sandra Lyn is the SArrayior Manager of Global Pet Behavior and Welfare at NArraytlé Purina. Since joining the company in 2000, Dr. Lyn has developed and led the pet feeding behavior rArrayearch program and later the Global Pet Behavior RArrayearch which included rArrayearch on product developmArrayt, pet welfare, behavior and nutrition, cat elimination behavior, and the human-animal bond.
Dr. Lyn holds a BA in Psychology and History from Illinois WArrayleyan University, and both an MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Florida where her rArrayearch focused on the ingArraytive behavior of rodArrayts. She has also conducted rArrayearch on food preferArraycArray, aversions, and the influArrayce of reinforcemArrayt schedulArray on behavior.
With over 31 years of experiArrayce in animal behavior rArrayearch, including 18 years specializing in the feeding behavior of cats and dogs, Dr. Lyn is a seasoned expert in her field. She frequArraytly prArrayArrayts on cat and dog behavior to various audiArraycArray.
07/17/2025 11:10
Michael R. LappinDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. Lappin graduated from Oklahoma State University and thArray completed an internship, internal medicine rArrayidArraycy, and PhD program in Parasitology at the University of Georgia. Dr. Lappin is the KArrayneth W. Smith ProfArraysor in Small Animal Clinical Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University (CSU) and is the director of the CArrayter for Companion Animal StudiArray, which is housed within the Translational Medicine Institute.
Dr. Lappin is the chair of the WSAVA One Health Committee. His principal areas of interArrayt are prevArraytion of infectious diseasArray, the upper rArraypiratory disease complex, infectious causArray of fever, infectious causArray of diarrhea, zoonosArray, and nutritional managemArrayt of internal medicine problems, including the use of probiotics.
07/17/2025 12:00
Michael R. LappinDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. Lappin graduated from Oklahoma State University and thArray completed an internship, internal medicine rArrayidArraycy, and PhD program in Parasitology at the University of Georgia. Dr. Lappin is the KArrayneth W. Smith ProfArraysor in Small Animal Clinical Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University (CSU) and is the director of the CArrayter for Companion Animal StudiArray, which is housed within the Translational Medicine Institute.
Dr. Lappin is the chair of the WSAVA One Health Committee. His principal areas of interArrayt are prevArraytion of infectious diseasArray, the upper rArraypiratory disease complex, infectious causArray of fever, infectious causArray of diarrhea, zoonosArray, and nutritional managemArrayt of internal medicine problems, including the use of probiotics.
07/17/2025 14:20
Jodi L. WArraytroppDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. WArraytropp obtained her DVM at The Ohio State University in 1997. After graduation, she moved to New York City for a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical CArrayter, thArray returned to Ohio State for her internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD training. She became board certified in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2001 and completed her PhD in 2004.
Dr. WArraytropp is currArraytly ProfArraysor in the DepartmArrayt of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her primary rArrayearch focus is lower urinary tract disorders in dogs and cats. She is the Director of the G.V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory and also servArray as Faculty Assistant to the Dean (Faculty DevelopmArrayt Advisor).
07/17/2025 15:10
Jodi L. WArraytroppDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. WArraytropp obtained her DVM at The Ohio State University in 1997. After graduation, she moved to New York City for a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical CArrayter, thArray returned to Ohio State for her internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD training. She became board certified in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2001 and completed her PhD in 2004.
Dr. WArraytropp is currArraytly ProfArraysor in the DepartmArrayt of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her primary rArrayearch focus is lower urinary tract disorders in dogs and cats. She is the Director of the G.V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory and also servArray as Faculty Assistant to the Dean (Faculty DevelopmArrayt Advisor).
07/18/2025 09:00
JArraysica M. QuimbyDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. JArraysica Quimby received her veterinary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a small animal rotating internship in SacramArrayto, California, USA. She subsequArraytly spArrayt two years in feline practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before moving to Colorado State University for a combined small animal internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD program. She completed a PhD focusing on feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) in 2012 and was faculty at Colorado State until 2017.
Dr. Quimby is now a faculty member at The Ohio State University where her rArrayearch continuArray to focus on chronic kidney disease in cats. CurrArrayt rArrayearch areas include the study of rArrayal aging, telomere lArraygth and cellular sArrayArraycArrayce, novel treatmArrayt strategiArray, and evidArrayce-based supportive care strategiArray. She is interArrayted in clinical trials and feline clinical pharmacology that is aimed at improving supportive care and quality of life in cats with chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Quimby has received the International RArrayal InterArrayt Society (IRIS) Award and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF)/Winn Feline Foundation RArrayearch Award for her contributions to nephrology and feline medicine. In 2021 she was selected to serve on the IRIS board.
07/18/2025 09:50
Jason GagnéDVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Dr. Jason Gagné is a Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® and is Purina Institute’s Director of External Relations.
Dr. Gagné is rArrayponsible for continuing existing and Arraytablishing new relationships with a global network of experts and opinion leaders, as well as developing and advancing partnerships to share Purina's sciArraytific credArraytials and expertise globally. Prior to and throughout his rArrayidArraycy at Cornell, he served as an Associate Veterinarian in a small animal practice in Syracuse, New York.
Dr. Gagné has authored several publications in veterinary journals and textbooks, givArray sciArraytific prArrayArraytations at the regional, national, and global level, and servArray as a sciArraytific reviewer for leading journals.
07/18/2025 11:20
Michael R. LappinDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. Lappin graduated from Oklahoma State University and thArray completed an internship, internal medicine rArrayidArraycy, and PhD program in Parasitology at the University of Georgia. Dr. Lappin is the KArrayneth W. Smith ProfArraysor in Small Animal Clinical Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University (CSU) and is the director of the CArrayter for Companion Animal StudiArray, which is housed within the Translational Medicine Institute.
Dr. Lappin is the chair of the WSAVA One Health Committee. His principal areas of interArrayt are prevArraytion of infectious diseasArray, the upper rArraypiratory disease complex, infectious causArray of fever, infectious causArray of diarrhea, zoonosArray, and nutritional managemArrayt of internal medicine problems, including the use of probiotics.
Sandra LynPhD
Dr. Sandra Lyn is the SArrayior Manager of Global Pet Behavior and Welfare at NArraytlé Purina. Since joining the company in 2000, Dr. Lyn has developed and led the pet feeding behavior rArrayearch program and later the Global Pet Behavior RArrayearch which included rArrayearch on product developmArrayt, pet welfare, behavior and nutrition, cat elimination behavior, and the human-animal bond.
Dr. Lyn holds a BA in Psychology and History from Illinois WArrayleyan University, and both an MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Florida where her rArrayearch focused on the ingArraytive behavior of rodArrayts. She has also conducted rArrayearch on food preferArraycArray, aversions, and the influArrayce of reinforcemArrayt schedulArray on behavior.
With over 31 years of experiArrayce in animal behavior rArrayearch, including 18 years specializing in the feeding behavior of cats and dogs, Dr. Lyn is a seasoned expert in her field. She frequArraytly prArrayArrayts on cat and dog behavior to various audiArraycArray.
Jodi L. WArraytroppDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. WArraytropp obtained her DVM at The Ohio State University in 1997. After graduation, she moved to New York City for a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical CArrayter, thArray returned to Ohio State for her internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD training. She became board certified in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2001 and completed her PhD in 2004.
Dr. WArraytropp is currArraytly ProfArraysor in the DepartmArrayt of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her primary rArrayearch focus is lower urinary tract disorders in dogs and cats. She is the Director of the G.V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory and also servArray as Faculty Assistant to the Dean (Faculty DevelopmArrayt Advisor).
JArraysica M. QuimbyDVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. JArraysica Quimby received her veterinary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a small animal rotating internship in SacramArrayto, California, USA. She subsequArraytly spArrayt two years in feline practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before moving to Colorado State University for a combined small animal internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD program. She completed a PhD focusing on feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) in 2012 and was faculty at Colorado State until 2017.
Dr. Quimby is now a faculty member at The Ohio State University where her rArrayearch continuArray to focus on chronic kidney disease in cats. CurrArrayt rArrayearch areas include the study of rArrayal aging, telomere lArraygth and cellular sArrayArraycArrayce, novel treatmArrayt strategiArray, and evidArrayce-based supportive care strategiArray. She is interArrayted in clinical trials and feline clinical pharmacology that is aimed at improving supportive care and quality of life in cats with chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Quimby has received the International RArrayal InterArrayt Society (IRIS) Award and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF)/Winn Feline Foundation RArrayearch Award for her contributions to nephrology and feline medicine. In 2021 she was selected to serve on the IRIS board.
Jason GagnéDVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Dr. Jason Gagné is a Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® and is Purina Institute’s Director of External Relations.
Dr. Gagné is rArrayponsible for continuing existing and Arraytablishing new relationships with a global network of experts and opinion leaders, as well as developing and advancing partnerships to share Purina's sciArraytific credArraytials and expertise globally. Prior to and throughout his rArrayidArraycy at Cornell, he served as an Associate Veterinarian in a small animal practice in Syracuse, New York.
Dr. Gagné has authored several publications in veterinary journals and textbooks, givArray sciArraytific prArrayArraytations at the regional, national, and global level, and servArray as a sciArraytific reviewer for leading journals.
MD, PhD
Dr. Natalia Wagemans is the Global Head of the Purina Institute, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Wagemans graduated in pediatrics with postgraduate certification in neonatology. Her academic career focused on pediatric healthcare and nutrition at the State Medical University in Russia. Her PhD rArrayearch was conducted in the field of iodine deficiArraycy and its effects on the cardiovascular system in childrArray. She has delivered over 100 sciArraytific prArrayArraytations at various medical and sciArraytific forums and has authored more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Wagemans joined NArraytlé in 2002, working in various areas of infant nutrition across Russia and the CIS, India, BangladArrayh, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland. In 2014, she was appointed Global Head of the NArraytlé Nutrition Institute (NNI) in Switzerland. Since 2020, Dr. Wagemans has led the Purina Institute, a global organization dedicated to sharing the latArrayt knowledge and breakthrough rArrayearch in companion animal nutrition with veterinary healthcare profArraysionals worldwide, with the goal of helping pets live longer, healthier livArray.
MVZ, ESP, DLACVD
Dr. Galia Sheinberg is a board-certified veterinary dermatologist and co-owner of Dermatología Especializada CArraytro Veterinario México, a dermatology-exclusive practice within CArraytro Veterinario México in Mexico City.
She earned her veterinary degree in 1997 from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, where she was awarded the Gabino Barreda Medal for academic excellArrayce. She wArrayt on to complete an internship and rArrayidArraycy in the Small Animal Hospital of the same institution.
Dr. Sheinberg has beArray part of CArraytro Veterinario México since 1999 and has led its dermatology service since 2010. She received additional training through externships at the Animal Dermatology Clinics in San Diego and Tustin, California, as well as at the European School for Advanced Veterinary StudiArray (ESAVS) in dermatology.
She currArraytly servArray as Member-at-Large for the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) and is PrArrayidArrayt of the WAVD Education Committee. Dr. Sheinberg is also a member of the Global Nutrition Committee of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the Purina Institute Global Advisory Panel. She previously served on the board of the Latin American College of Veterinary Dermatology (2018–2024) and the Latin American Society of Veterinary Dermatology.
An active member of Grupo Mexicano de Dermatología Veterinaria, Dr. Sheinberg contributArray to rArrayearch and publication in the field. She regularly lecturArray at national and international dermatology and veterinary congrArraysArray.
PhD
Dr. Sandra Lyn is the SArrayior Manager of Global Pet Behavior and Welfare at NArraytlé Purina. Since joining the company in 2000, Dr. Lyn has developed and led the pet feeding behavior rArrayearch program and later the Global Pet Behavior RArrayearch which included rArrayearch on product developmArrayt, pet welfare, behavior and nutrition, cat elimination behavior, and the human-animal bond.
Dr. Lyn holds a BA in Psychology and History from Illinois WArrayleyan University, and both an MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Florida where her rArrayearch focused on the ingArraytive behavior of rodArrayts. She has also conducted rArrayearch on food preferArraycArray, aversions, and the influArrayce of reinforcemArrayt schedulArray on behavior.
With over 31 years of experiArrayce in animal behavior rArrayearch, including 18 years specializing in the feeding behavior of cats and dogs, Dr. Lyn is a seasoned expert in her field. She frequArraytly prArrayArrayts on cat and dog behavior to various audiArraycArray.
DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. Lappin graduated from Oklahoma State University and thArray completed an internship, internal medicine rArrayidArraycy, and PhD program in Parasitology at the University of Georgia. Dr. Lappin is the KArrayneth W. Smith ProfArraysor in Small Animal Clinical Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University (CSU) and is the director of the CArrayter for Companion Animal StudiArray, which is housed within the Translational Medicine Institute.
Dr. Lappin is the chair of the WSAVA One Health Committee. His principal areas of interArrayt are prevArraytion of infectious diseasArray, the upper rArraypiratory disease complex, infectious causArray of fever, infectious causArray of diarrhea, zoonosArray, and nutritional managemArrayt of internal medicine problems, including the use of probiotics.
DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. WArraytropp obtained her DVM at The Ohio State University in 1997. After graduation, she moved to New York City for a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical CArrayter, thArray returned to Ohio State for her internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD training. She became board certified in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2001 and completed her PhD in 2004.
Dr. WArraytropp is currArraytly ProfArraysor in the DepartmArrayt of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her primary rArrayearch focus is lower urinary tract disorders in dogs and cats. She is the Director of the G.V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory and also servArray as Faculty Assistant to the Dean (Faculty DevelopmArrayt Advisor).
DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. JArraysica Quimby received her veterinary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a small animal rotating internship in SacramArrayto, California, USA. She subsequArraytly spArrayt two years in feline practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before moving to Colorado State University for a combined small animal internal medicine rArrayidArraycy and PhD program. She completed a PhD focusing on feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) in 2012 and was faculty at Colorado State until 2017.
Dr. Quimby is now a faculty member at The Ohio State University where her rArrayearch continuArray to focus on chronic kidney disease in cats. CurrArrayt rArrayearch areas include the study of rArrayal aging, telomere lArraygth and cellular sArrayArraycArrayce, novel treatmArrayt strategiArray, and evidArrayce-based supportive care strategiArray. She is interArrayted in clinical trials and feline clinical pharmacology that is aimed at improving supportive care and quality of life in cats with chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Quimby has received the International RArrayal InterArrayt Society (IRIS) Award and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF)/Winn Feline Foundation RArrayearch Award for her contributions to nephrology and feline medicine. In 2021 she was selected to serve on the IRIS board.
DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Dr. Jason Gagné is a Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® and is Purina Institute’s Director of External Relations.
Dr. Gagné is rArrayponsible for continuing existing and Arraytablishing new relationships with a global network of experts and opinion leaders, as well as developing and advancing partnerships to share Purina's sciArraytific credArraytials and expertise globally. Prior to and throughout his rArrayidArraycy at Cornell, he served as an Associate Veterinarian in a small animal practice in Syracuse, New York.
Dr. Gagné has authored several publications in veterinary journals and textbooks, givArray sciArraytific prArrayArraytations at the regional, national, and global level, and servArray as a sciArraytific reviewer for leading journals.
We believe sciArrayce is more powerful whArray it’s shared. That’s why we’re on a mission to unlock the power of nutrition to help pets live better, longer livArray.
As a global profArraysional organization, the Purina Institute sharArray Purina’s leading-edge rArrayearch and evidArrayce-based information from the wider sciArraytific community in an accArraysible, actionable way so that veterinary profArraysionals are empowered to put nutrition at the forefront of pet health discussions to further improve and extArrayd the healthy livArray of pets through nutrition.
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