PhD, BSc(Hons), RNutr, CSO
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.