Angela M. Zivkovic Ph.D.

Dr. Zivkovic is the Associate Director of Scientific Development & Translation for the Foods for Health Institute, and the Director of Scientific Development for the Milk Bioactives and Functional Glycobiology Programs. Dr. Zivkovic holds a doctoral degree in Nutritional Biology, with an emphasis in Systems Biology, from UC Davis. Dr. Zivkovic's primary research goal is the development of assessment as well as diet and lifestyle modification strategies that tailor to the unique needs of the individual. She is interested in personalized interventions aimed at preventing chronic disease and optimizing health. 

Dr. Zivkovic has a background in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, oxylipid biology, and metabolomics, paired with specific expertise in collaborative, multi-disciplinary research, research translation, and diagnostic development. In her doctoral and postdoctoral work, she designed clinical studies to investigate lipid metabolism, lipoprotein biology, and metabolomics for the assessment of health and disease. As a Business Development Fellow and Translation Specialist, she gained expertise in the areas of research translation and commercialization. Her doctoral work focused on the development of metabolomic assessment tools for metabolic phenotyping and personalized nutrition. At Lipomics Technologies, Inc., a leading-edge lipid-focused biotech startup, Dr. Zivkovic expanded her skills to include diagnostic development in the area of metabolic disease. Her postdoctoral work focused on the nutritional modulation of inflammation with omega-3 fatty acids, the discovery of biomarkers of responsiveness to treatment in inflammatory kidney disease, and the development of methods for the metabolic phenotyping of inflammation with metabolomic oxylipid profiling.

In her current position as Associate Director of Scientific Development & Translation, she manages several large, multi-investigator research collaborations, works with multi-disciplinary teams of academic and industry collaborators to launch new translational research programs, and is expanding her areas of study to include glycan biology and the nutritional modulation of gastrointestinal and immune function. 

Dr. Zivkovic is also the founder of NutriLogix, a personalized nutrition consultation practice, where she consults with private clients as well as groups and organizations, and gives workshops and seminars on the optimization of health through targeted diet and lifestyle modification.

Positions

2009–current     Associate Director of Scientific Development & Translation, Foods For Health Institute
2009–current      Postdoctoral Scholar and Director of Scientific Development, UC Davis Milk Bioactives Program
2007–2009         Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis Department of Entomology
2007–2008         Associate Research Scientist, Lipomics Technologies, Inc.
2007                     Research Translation Core Specialist, Superfund Basic Research Program
2003–2006         Teaching Assistant, UC Davis Department of Nutrition
2003–2007         Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis Department of Food Science & Technology
2002–2003         Graduate Student Researcher, Western Human Nutrition Research Center 

Honors 

2007                    Kleiber Dissertation Prize
2006                    Finalist in Dietary and Bioactive Component Research Interest Section poster competition
2005–2007         Superfund Graduate Training Fellowship
2005–2006         Business Development Certificate Program Fellow, UC Davis Graduate School of Management 
2005–2006         Jastro Shields Scholarship
2004–2006         Graduate Group in Nutrition Block Grant
2004–2005         George and Dorothy Zolk Fellowship
2004–2005         Harrisson Chair Fund Fellowship 

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

• Zivkovic AM, German JB, Lebrilla CB, Mills DA. Microbes and Health Sackler Colloquium: Human milk glycobiome and its impact on the infant gastrointestinal microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Aug 2. [Epub ahead of print]
• German JB, Zivkovic AM, Dallas DC, Smilowitz JT, Nutrigenomics and Personalized Diets, What Will They Mean for Food, Annual Review Food, in press, 2010.
• Zivkovic AM, Telis N, German JB, Hammock BD, Oxylipids in Inflammatory Disease: The Role of ω3 Fatty Acids in Modulating Inflammation, California Agriculture, in press, 2010.
• Zivkovic, A.M., German, J.B., Metabolomics for assessment of nutritional status, Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, 12(5):501-507, 2009, PMID: 19584717.
• Zivkovic, A.M., Wiest, M., Nguyen, U., Davis, R., Watkins, S.M., German, J.B., Effects of sample handling and storage on quantitative lipid analysis in human serum. Metabolomics, 5:507-516, 2009, PMID: 20046864.
• Zivkovic, A.M., German, J.B., Esfandiari, F., Halsted, C.H., Quantitative Lipid Metabolomic Changes in Alcoholic Micropigs with Fatty Liver Disease. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 33(4):751-8, 2009, PMID: 19170661.
• Zivkovic, A.M., Wiest, M.M., Nguyen, U., Nording, M.L., Watkins, S.M., German, J.B., Assessing individual metabolic responsiveness to a lipid challenge using a targeted metabolomic approach. Metabolomics, 5:209-218, 2009, NIHMSID: 194462.
• Lemay D.G., Zivkovic A.M., and German J.B., Building the bridges to bioinformatics in nutrition research. Am J. Clin. Nutr. 86:1261-1269, 2007, PMID: 17991634.
• Zivkovic AM, German, J.B., Sanyal, A.J., Comparative Review of Diets for Metabolic Syndrome: Implications for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Am J Clin Nutr. 86:285-300, 2007, PMID: 17684197.
• German JB, Gillies LA, Smilowitz JT, Zivkovic AM, Watkins SM., Lipidomics and lipid profiling in metabolomics. Curr Opin Lipidol.18(1):66-71, 2007, PMID: 17218835.
• Zivkovic A. M., and J.B., German, Individual variation in the metabolic syndrome: a new perspective on the debate. Am J Clin Nutr, 85(1) 240-241, 2007, PMID: 17209203.
• German, J. Bruce, Jennifer T. Smilowitz, and Angela M. Zivkovic. Lipoproteins: When size really matters. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 11(2-3):171-181, 2006.