Neuroinflammatory Conditions

Dr. Denise Furness, PhD is a molecular geneticist and nutritionist. She is a pioneer in the field of nutrigenomics and personalised health with 20 years of experience in the area. Denise began her career as a research scientist focusing on nutrigenomics, epigenetics, and DNA damage to support fertility and pregnancy health. She has published her work in peer reviewed journals and won numerous awards for her research and conference presentations. During her post-doctoral fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology she worked alongside a team of medical specialists and researchers within a recurrent miscarriage clinic, which resulted in an 80% success rate of healthy pregnancy outcomes. In 2012 she founded Your Genes and Nutrition and began applying her knowledge in clinical practice. Denise has a special interest in fertility, thyroid and autoimmunity (after recovering from autoimmune thyroid disease herself), as well as healthy ageing.

Christabelle is the Medical Director and a Medical Practitioner at Next Practice GenBiome – Edgecliff. Her work with patients focuses around optimising gut health, microbiome, mitochondrial and brain performance. She applies the premise that dysfunctions can be corrected with established practices of nutritional and environmental medicine. She is passionate about sharing her in-depth knowledge on the interconnectedness of human metabolism, biology, and behaviour. Dr. Yeoh dedicates her practice to working with patients with complex chronic conditions, neuro-immune mediated, or chronic inflammatory illness. Christabelle graduated from medicine at the University of London in 1999 and obtained her membership with the Royal College of Physicians (UK). She has a Masters degree in Nutrition from King’s College London. After practicing hospital medicine, she has been working as a general physician with an interest in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. She was a director (2014-2021) and president (2016- 2018) at ACNEM and is active on the teaching faculty.

Dr. Oscar Serrallach specialises in maternal health, with a focus on integrative and functional medicine, postnatal depletion and as a result postnatal wellbeing. His work is dedicated to supporting Mothers in the months and years after childbirth by combining cutting-edge neurobiological research on the maternal brain with diverse cultural perspectives on postpartum care. His medical training spans various specialties, including family medicine, indigenous health, addiction medicine, psychiatry, and general practice, alongside extensive postgraduate studies in nutritional and environmental medicine. These experiences, combined with his journey through parenthood and insights gained from indigenous models of Mother Care, have shaped his unique approach to supporting Mothers in the 21st century. He is also a frequent lecturer on maternal health topics and the author of The PostNatal Depletion Cure. His mission is to nurture and empower Mothers to create healthier families and communities—healing society “one Mother at a time.”

As the visionary and principal practitioner behind Advance Rehab Clinics, Dr. Scott Wustenberg is far from your average Chiropractor. Dr. Scott is a passionate teacher in nutrition and chiropractic neurology as well as Sleep/Airway medicine. Inspired to become a Chiropractor by his uncle, Scott studied Biochemistry and Physiology at Auckland University, and Chiropractic at the NZCA School of Chiropractic. He graduated in the first class, and has practiced in NZ, and Queensland. In addition to his Bachelor of Science and his degree in Chiropractic, Scott also holds a Masters degree in Nutrition Medicine, and post Graduate qualifications in environmental medicine. Practicing a range of Chiropractic techniques, including Neuro-rehabilitation, Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT), Soft Tissue Orthopaedics (STO), Diversified Technique, Biomechanics, and Cranial Therapy; Dr. Scott also uses Orthomolecular Medicine—commonly known as Functional Nutrition—to holistically treat patients. Dr. Scott’s passion to make an impact on people’s lives has been brought forth by his children’s health concerns, leading him to research sleep issues, tongue tie, airway fragmentation and mental health issues, as it impacts on human health and wellbeing. Scott has lectured internationally and is in the process of publishing the continuum series of books about how oral structures and airway issues effect health through the course of people’s lives. Scott loves coaching people to plan and embrace their health for the future, and he is a proponent of unlocking health potential through nutrition and lifestyle changes including sleep, diet and exercise.