About Me
The first International ReGenera R&D International for Aging Intervention and VCC Preventive Medical Promotion Foundation has been a flashy success.It has been held in Beijing last June 8, having as topics Gut Microbiota and Health. The keynote speaker was prof. Marotta and the meeting features the most authoritative Asian specialists in the field.
The conference room was fully packed and, most important, about 10.000 physicians and health professionals registered for a live attendance at distance.
The event as covered by the most reputed national TV channels and in the next days a series of interviews followed up.
The organizer, VCC Preventive Medical Promotion Foundation, given this success, is planning further similar top scientific gatherings this year in other locations.
There was a general consensus on the importance to deepen our knowledge in this area as well ass starting providing practical steps forwards an evaluation and phenotypic monitoring of gut microbiota, while envisaging designer pro-prebiotics interventions.
Frontier Researchers/Clinicians
Prof. Almagul Kushugulova
Ph.D, D.M.Sc. Head of Human Microbiome Lab
Center for Life Sciences, NLA, Nazarbayev University
53 Kabanbay Batyr Ave, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
Area of research: human microbiome, nutrition, probiotic and functional food
Teaching and research supervising experience. 20 years of research experience in Microbiology DOWNLOAD CV
Dr. Antonio Ayala, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. University of Sevilla. Spain.
Main investigator of the research group “Biochemistry of Aging”
Vice-President of Spanish Society of Anti Aging Medicine and Longevity (SEMAL)
Editor of the journal “Approaches to Aging control” (Journal of Spanish Society of Anti-Aging Medicine) DOWNLOAD CV
Dr. Birbal Singh
&Dr. Birbal Singh is Principal Scientist (Professor) at ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station Palampur, India. He earned his Ph. D. (Animal Biotechnology) in 2007 from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. DOWNLOAD CV
Dr. Amir Moghadam Ahmadi
Associate Professor, University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran, 2018-present.Neuro-immunology selected research candidate, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, US. Starting from September 2022. The only board clinical member of Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Medical University of Rafsanjan, Iran. Multiple national awards. The best clinical researcher of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 2012-2016.
Prof. Ishak Tekin
Dept of Immunology, Zonguldak, TURKEY. He received the Doctor of Medicine in 1993 from Gazi University Ankara and later also the PhD degree. In 2000, he moved to Zonguldak Karaelmas University where he founded the second department of immunology in Turkey the same year. He is a member of Dept. of Immunology in Bulent Ecevit University, School of Medicine. He is mainly interested in inflammation and oxidative stress. He is a Member of World Society of Interdisciplinary Anti-aging Medicine, European Respiratory Society, Turkish Immunology Society, Turkish Thorax Society, Turkish Association of Wound Care and Repair, Hematological Immunology Society. He is the Lead Guest Editor of the special issue about Oxidized LDL in inflammation (Mediators of Inflammation). Dr.Tekin is the Lead Guest Editor of the special issue about Mediators of Gut Mucosal Immunity and Inflammation (Mediators of Inflammation).
Prof. Mario Barbagallo, MD, PhD
Is Professor of Geriatrics and Director of the Geriatric Unit, University Hospital of Palermo, and Director Post-graduate program in Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Chairman of the Clinical Section of IAGG-ER (International association of Geriatrics-European Region) for the years 2015-2019.
Born in Palermo, Italy, he obtained his medical degree in 1983. He worked in Parma and Rome where he obtained the PhD in 1989. From 1989 to 1992, worked at the Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, and from 1993 to 1995 as a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
He is an expert of problems related to the prevention and treatment of diseases associated with aging.
He is member of numerous national and international scientific societies and appreciated speaker in Italy and abroad. He is author of about 500 publications in national and international scientific journals. DOWNLOAD CV
Dr. Ravinder Nagpal, PhD
Dr. Ravinder Nagpal, PhD., is Assistant Professor of Microbiology, and teaches microbiology, immunology and food biotechnology. He received his Masters’ in Microbiology from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India, in 2004, and was awarded Senior Research Fellowship from Indian Council of Agriculture Research. At present, he is employed as research fellow at Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC, USA, where he is investigating the role of gut microbiome in type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic diseases. As a researcher, he has published more than 50 papers in his areas of research i.e. gut microbiome, probiotics, prebiotics, and rumen, food & dairy microbiology in internationally recognized journals, besides editing one book on beneficial microbes and contributing numerous book chapters, popular articles and online lectures. He has received awards from several esteemed societies for his presentations at various international scientific events. Dr. Nagpal is actively affiliated with a number of highly-reputed microbiology
societies.
Prof. Asim Duttaroy
Professor (2001 -) Faculty of Medicine,University of Oslo, Norway; Group Leader(2010 -) Chronic Diseases;
Produced fundamental discoveries researching on the anti-platelet and anti-hypertensive properties of special moieties from fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes and kiwi and the related patents greatly contributed to an healthy preventive approach to cardiovascular disease. Holder of multiple international
honours and awards.
Prof. Woo-Sik Jeong, Ph.D. Professor
Woo-Sik Jeong, Ph.D. Professor
Department of Food and Life Sciences, Inje University, Korea
Secretary General, The Korean Society of Food and Nutrition, Korea
Member of Review Board for Health Claims and Advertisement of Heath Functional Food, Korea Food and Drug Administration/Korea Health Supplements Association, Korea
Member of Scientific Advisory Board for New Food Ingredient, Korea Food and Drug Administration, Korea
Member of Global Scientific Advisory Board of Mannatech, Inc, USA
Prof. Hala Sweed
Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Consultant Physician of Geriatric Medicine
Head of Geriatrics and Gerontology Department –Faculty of Medicine
Ain-Shams University – EGYPT