Touro University California Speaker's Bureau
Nathalie Bergeron, PhD
College of Pharmacy, Professor
707-638-5921
Nathalie.bergeron@tu.edu
Expertise:
Nutrition, particularly as it relates to cardiometabolic health, lipid and lipoprotein
metabolism, and diabetes.
Dr. Alejandro Gugliucci, MD, PhD
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Research
707-638-5255
Alejandro.gugliucci@tu.edu
Expertise:
Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, metabolism, HDL and paraoxonase, glycation and diabetes.
Dr. Alison McCormick, PhD
College of Pharmacy, Professor
707-638-5987
Alison.Mccormick@tu.edu
Expertise:
The development of plant-made vaccines, and preclinical testing for efficacy in mouse
models of disease. Dr. McCormick has worked on an individualized cancer vaccine for
non-Hodgkins lymphoma, where the tumor Ig was the vaccine. She was able to show efficacy
in mice, and in Phase I clinical trial in patients with lymphoma. She is currently
working on Influenza A hemagglutinin subunit vaccines, primarily for potentially pandemic
influenza subtypes, like H5N1 and H7N9. Dr. McCormick has extensive collaborations
with other research groups, including production of vaccines against other important
pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Yersinia pestis, and Francisella tularensis. I regularly employ molecular biology, protein chemistry and immunology techniques,
in production and testing of vaccines.
Jean-Marc Schwarz, PhD
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Research
707-638-5456
Jean-marc.schwarz@tu.edu
Expertise:
Dr. Schwarz has been involved in clinical translational research utilizing stable
isotope tracer methodology to investigate lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in humans
for over 20 years. He has a long-standing interest in obesity, insulin resistance
and its metabolic consequences. More recently, his interest has focused on the lipid
profile changes induced by fructose consumption and by the conversion of sugar to
fat (de novo lipogenesis).
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