Speaker
Jessica Eccles
Reader in Brain-Body Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and Co-Lead of the Neurodivergent Brain-Body Clinic, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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Biography
Dr Jessica Eccles is Reader in Brain-Body Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Co-Lead of the Neurodivergent Brain-Body Clinic at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Her research explores the connections between brain and body, with particular expertise in joint hypermobility, neurodevelopmental conditions, immunopsychiatry, and the mechanisms underlying chronic pain and fatigue.
Dr Eccles completed her PhD at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and trained in medicine at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, where she chairs the Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry Special Interest Group, and she holds several leadership roles in research training and integrated academic training.
Passionate about raising awareness of often under-recognised conditions, Dr Eccles is committed to public engagement and has given talks to audiences ranging from clinicians and researchers to patient groups, circus performers, and aerial artists. She also features conducting a neurodevelopmental assessment in a Channel 4 documentary exploring ADHD.