Dr. Marcus Laux  

Scientific Advisory Board


Dr. Marcus Laux, Chairman - Scientific Advisory Board

Qivana’s Scientific Advisory Board is composed of doctors and researchers who are experts in their fields. The Scientific Advisory Board is led by our Chairman, Dr. Marcus Laux.

Dr. Laux was instrumental in bringing Qivana’s products to market. He is active in product development, product safety, the science and research behind the products, consumer education and building relationships in the scientific world. Dr. Laux was also instrumental in collaborating with the founders of Qivana in developing and promoting the systematic approach to physical improvement—a refreshing and exciting approach to product delivery in the network marketing industry.

Dr. Laux is a world renowned expert in natural medicine and is a licensed naturopathic physician who received his doctorate from the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, Ore. in 1985.  In 1991, he received his D. Hom. (MED) in the first graduating class from the College of Homeopathy in Santa Monica, Calif. headed by Trevor Cook MD, the Queen’s former personal physician.  For nearly two decades, Dr Laux maintained a successful full-time private family practice in Beverly Hills and Malibu, Calif.

Dr. Laux has served as an assistant adjunct professor at Emperors College of Traditional Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, Calif., as Clinical professor of OB/GYN at NCNM, and is an adjunct faculty member at Bastyr University of Natural Health in Kenmore, Wash.

Currently, Dr Laux can be seen weekly on Healing Quest, the long running PBS TV series where he presents his Natural Medicine Update. He also appears regularly in the media as a natural health and medical expert, including CNN, PBS, BBC, CTV, and Fox News. He hosted his own live network TV series for Granada TV across Europe, The Natural Health Show. His Hollywood Health segments aired on Europe’s all-time highest rated morning show, This Morning.

Dr. Laux has served on numerous scientific advisory boards for leading science-based natural medicine companies, including Enzymatic Therapy, Bionorica, EuroPharma, LifeSpan Labs and McZand. He has presided as the chairman of the Scientific and Strategic Advisory Board for Unigen Pharmaceuticals from 2002-2007.

Dr. Laux has been a leading educator and respected pioneer to the Natural Products industry for three decades. He has presented cutting edge continuing medical education to doctors and pharmacists worldwide for more than 20 years.

Dr. Laux has changed pharmacy forever through creating the term “Bio-Identical” hormone for his ground-breaking book, Natural Woman, Natural Menopause (HarperCollins), which has singularly improved the lives of millions of women’s worldwide. In addition, he was the editor of Naturally Well Today, an international monthly newsletter published by Healthy Directions from 2003 to 2009. He is the co-author of The Ten Top Alternative Therapies, Natural Woman, Natural Menopause, Living Well with Food Intolerance,  FVG Pine Bark, Walking with the Wise for Health and Vitality, The Fountain, After a Stroke, The Healing Powers of Pearl, and The King’s Crown. His latest book will be released in 2011, Myth, Lies, and Nutritional Nonsense.
Dr. Donald Layman

Donald K. Layman, Ph.D.

Dr. Donald Layman is Professor Emeritus of Nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is recognized for his research on amino acid metabolism, nutritional requirements during exercise and work with high protein weight loss diets.

Dr. Layman has over 90 peer-reviewed publications and his research has been recognized by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences with the BioServ Research Award in 1986, the Shannon Award from the National Institutes of Health in 1992, and the Nutrition and Metabolism Society National Leadership Award in 2009. He has also received numerous awards and recognitions for his nutrition teaching at the University of Illinois. Dr. Layman served as Associate Editor of The Journal of Nutrition from 1989 through 1993 and he is currently Associate Editor of Nutrition and Metabolism and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Dr. Layman earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry at Illinois State University and completed his doctorate in human nutrition and biochemistry at the University of Minnesota in 1978.