Heather Zwickey, PhD
Dean of Research, National College of Natural Medicine Dr. Heather Zwickey, dean of the Helfgott Research Institute (Helfgott) and professor of immunology, brings a fresh inspiration to research at NCNM. Her initial training at the world renowned National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver prepared her to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. Dr. Zwickey hopes to prove natural therapies’ benefit to immunological responses. Her research experience examining the effects of botanicals, probiotics, energy medicine, and diet on immunological parameters in humans is pivotal to achieving this task. Dr. Zwickey also explores the mechanisms involved in infectious disease, cancer, autoimmune disease, psychoneuroimmunology, and immunological tolerance. Since joining NCNM, Dr. Zwickey has received enthusiastic responses and support from students and NCNM administrationfor her many accomplishments. She has received several awards—including a research award, and a lifetime achievement award—from NCNM students and faculty. In addition, she is a an inveterate fundraiser for NCNM research, including raising more than $1,000,000 in donations for start-up of Helfgott. She initiated the Student Research Program at NCNM and serves as the primary mentor for student research projects. She enjoys mentoring post-doctoral fellows and junior investigators. In line with mentoring the next generation of integrative medicine researchers, Dr. Zwickey serves as the principal investigator of an NIH grant that increases research and evidence based medicine in the curriculum at NCNM. Her long-term personal goal is to establish NCNM as one of the leading integrative medicine research institutions in the US. Click here to view Dr. Heather Zwickey's Curriculum Vitae.
Projects: Projects under way: · Anti-inflammatory diet or Mediterranean diet: which is better for patients with psoriasis? · Effects of the Ayurvedic herb, Ashwagandha, on Immune Cells and Cytokines · How does constitutional Hydrotherapy affect Immunological Parameters and Pain?
Selected Publications: The Vanguard Faculty program: research training for complementary and alternative medicine faculty. An alternative treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II, III.
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