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Dr. Jenna Macciochi specialises in understanding how nutrition & lifestyle interact with the immune system in health & disease.
Dr Jenna Macciochi has over 20 years' experience as a scientist researching the impact of lifestyle on the immune system in health and disease. She is on a mission to break down the science behind our health and share the secrets of how to be well, for good. Based in Brighton, Jenna is a lecturer at Sussex University and a qualified fitness instructor. Her writing has been featured in The Times, Women's Health, Marie Claire, Glamour Magazine and Metro amongst others. She is a mother of 5 year old twins and a keen home cook, creating recipes inspired by her farm-to-table Scottish roots and capturing her husbands Italian heritage.
Immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi
Immunologist Dr. Jenna Macciochi
Gaining her BSc. Immunology at the University of Glasgow (1999), she holds a PhD from the Faculty of Inflammation, Repair & Development at Imperial College London specialising in allergy, chronic inflammation and resolution (2005). Jenna has also held positions in infectious disease at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & worked in Biotech specialising in clinical retraining of immunological tolerance using oral immunotherapy. In 2009, Jenna was awarded a prestigious Presidential Fellowship to combine her personal interests in nutrition with study of the immune system including metabolic endotoxemia, post-prandial gut permeability, diet regimens & use of pre/probiotics.
Immunity, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Currently a lecturer at the University of Sussex, Jenna teaches undergraduate & postgraduate immunology to medical, pharmacy & biomedical sciences students. Her research focus remains on understanding the role of nutrition & lifestyle on immunity. Jenna is also an Editor at the Scientific Journal Annals of Advanced Biomedical Sciences & a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has a popular Instagram account & is a regular contributor to print & online media and enjoys public engagement & consultancy.
A Brighton-based & mother of twins, Jenna is a perpetual culinary experimenter who loves to cook from scratch using delicious local & seasonal ingredients. Growing up farm-to-table in rural Scotland, cooking has always been a big part of her life & nurtured her appreciation of food as the foundation of longevity & health. With a passion for movement, she is also a trained fitness instructor focusing on pre- & post-natal women's fitness.
““Modern life can be busy, intense & stressful - not always compatible with taking care of our long-term health. Today, I am a mum to twins with a full-time job & a bunch of projects that keep me excited about the art & science of how to be well. I’ve fused my passion for immunology with my farm-to-table heritage to create day-to-day rituals & routines that help you adapt & self-manage, cultivating long term health & wellbeing.””
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Whatever health challenges life is throwing at you and whatever symptoms you are experiencing, it can be exhausting trying to understand them, let alone improve them. Dr Jenna can help. you cut through the confusion, provide comprehensive support and help you make the sustained changes to lay the foundations for health.
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