Heather Zwickey, PhD

Science Advisor

Dr. Heather Zwickey is a Science Advisor at Theana. Dr. Zwickey earned a Doctorate in Immunology and Microbiology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship and teach at the school of medicine at Yale University. Dr. Zwickey has since developed the Helfgott Research Institute at NUNM and established the School of Graduate studies which incorporates integrative research, nutrition, and global health programs. Currently, she leads an NIH-funded clinical research-training program, is adjunct faculty at NUNM, University of Western States, and Maryland University of Integrative Health.She is passionate about microbiome therapeutics and their impacts on the gut-brain axis and neuroinflammation.