Nathalie Bergeron, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research
Professor
Department of Basic Science
Touro University California
Nathalie Bergeron is a professor of biological sciences at the Touro University California College of Pharmacy. She received a Ph.D. in nutrition from Laval University in Quebec and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California in San Francisco. Before joining the faculty at Touro, Dr. Bergeron served as a research professor at Laval University and a visiting professor for the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bergeron’s research focuses on dietary composition, and her projects are aimed at providing a better understanding of the metabolic determinants of atherogenic dyslipidemia and how these can be modulated by diet.
Areas of Expertise
Nutrition, Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism
Education
- Laval University, Québec B.S., RD. 1982-1985 Health Sciences (Dietetics)
- Laval University, Québec M.S. 1986-1988 Nutrition
- Laval University, Québec Ph.D. 1988-1992 Nutrition
- University of California, San Francisco Postdoc 1992-1996 Nutritional Biochemistry, Physiology
Publications
- Matossian, M., Dologmandin, M., Chiu, S., Bergeron, N., Schwarz, J., & Jones, G. M. (2022). Measuring the Oxidation of Varying 2-13C Fructose Loads During a 6-Hour Feeding Protocol. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 122 (12), A8-A9. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tuccom_pubs/267
- Buffa, J. A., Romano, K. A., Copeland, M. F., Cody, D. B., Zhu, W., Galvez, R., Fu, X., Ward, K., Ferrell, M., Dai, H. J., Skye, S., Hu, P., Li, L., Parlov, M., McMillan, A., Wei, X., Nemet, I., Koeth, R. A., Li, X. S., Wang, Z., Sangwan, N., Hajjar, A. M., Dwidar, M., Weeks, T. L., Bergeron, N., Krauss, R. M., Tang, W. H., Rey, F. E., DiDonato, J. A., Gogonea, V., Gerberick, G. F., Garcia-Garcia, J. C., & Hazen, S. L. (2022). The Microbial Gbu Gene Cluster Links Cardiovascular Disease Risk Associated with Red Meat Consumption to Microbiota L-Carnitine Catabolism. Nature Microbiology, 7 (1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-01010-x
- Chiu, S., Siri-Tarino, P., Bergeron, N., Suh, J. H., & Krauss, R. M. (2020). A Randomized Study of the Effect of Replacing Sugar-Sweetened Soda by Reduced Fat Milk on Cardiometabolic Health in Male Adolescent Soda Drinkers. Nutrients, 12(2), 405. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020405
- Bergeron, N., Chiu, S., Williams, P. T., King, S. M., & Krauss, R. M. (2019). Effects of red meat, white meat, and nonmeat protein sources on atherogenic lipoprotein measures in the context of low compared with high saturated fat intake: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110(1), 24–33. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqz035
- Williams, P. T., Bergeron, N., Chiu, S., & Krauss, R. M. (2019). A randomized, controlled trial on the effects of almonds on lipoprotein response to a higher carbohydrate, lower fat diet in men and women with abdominal adiposity. Lipids in Health and Disease, 18(1), [Article 83].
- Wang, Z., Bergeron, N., Levison, B. S., Li, X. S., Chiu, S., Jia, X., . . . Hazen, S. L. (2019). Impact of chronic dietary red meat, white meat, or non-meat protein on trimethylamine N-oxide metabolism and renal excretion in healthy men and women. European Heart Journal, 40(7), 583-594. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy799
- Wang, Z., Bergeron, N., Levison, B. S., Li, X. S., Chiu, S., Jia, X., Koeth, R. A., Li, L., Wu, Y., Tang, W. H. W., Krauss, R. M., & Hazen, S. L. (2019). Impact of chronic dietary red meat, white meat, or non-meat protein on trimethylamine N-Oxide metabolism and renal excretion in healthy men and women. European Heart Journal, 40(7), 583–594. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy799
In The News
Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol, University of California San Francisco
Study finds higher variation of DASH diet lowers blood pressure, triglycerides, Medical Xpress