Building resilience and supporting immune regulation with Dr Jenna Macciocchi
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In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel talks with Dr Jenna Macciochi, a leading immunologist with a special interest in the interaction between lifestyle and our immune systems. We cover a broad range of topics, from building whole-person resilience and making small sustainable lifestyle changes to autoimmune disease. We discuss the important role of nutrition and gut health in maintaining a balanced immune response and how this may play into autoimmunity.
About Dr Jenna Macciocchi:
Dr Jenna Macciochi is on a mission to unravel the science around the immune system. An immunology lecturer and researcher at the University of Sussex, she is Chair of several degree programmes, editor of a scientific journal and a member of the University Senate.
Jenna provides accessible, science-backed information on how we can take care of our immune system through her online health and wellbeing platform and social media. She is a regular contributor to TV, print and online media. She published her first book about the immune system in 2020 and her second in February 2022.
Website
Immunity The Science of Staying Well
Your Blueprint for Strong Immunity
About Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel:
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an Oxbridge-trained medical doctor and scientist with over a decade’s experience in integrative health and in-depth additional training in nutrition, health coaching, integrative and herbal medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other modalities. Dr Nina is a Fellow of the College of Medicine and the British Society for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology). Dr Fuller-Shavel is the Director of Synthesis Clinic, specialising in complex multisystem women's health cases (including hormones, gut health, autoimmunity and mental health) and integrative cancer care. Alongside her clinical and research work, Dr Fuller-Shavel provides training and mentorship programmes for nutrition and medical professionals.
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