Alex Howard Group

Our Team

Claire Sehinson

Head of Research and Protocol Development
MSc BSc hons.

Claire is an educator, researcher and functional medicine trained nutritional therapist. Claire has over a decade of specialist clinical experience working with complex illness, neuropsychiatric conditions and chronic viral infections including Lyme disease, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. She currently researches and develops cutting edge protocols for our fatigue and complexly-ill community. 

Claire created the research and clinical content for the IHCAN award winning Therapeutic Nutrition course – our post-graduate practitioner training program. 

To her work, she brings her passion and lived experience of being multiply neurodivergent and diagnosed with Autism as an adult, as well as recovering from ME/CFS and dealing with many mental health issues throughout her lifetime. She continues to advocate for marginalised groups and speaks at conferences to raise awareness and share knowledge of intersectionality in healthcare.

Our Team

 Jess Thompson
Clinical Director

Jess completed a psychology degree in 1995 followed by a PGCE in primary education and, after a 10 year career in teaching...

Alex Howard
Founder and Chairman

Alex Howard is Founder & Chairman of The Optimum Health Clinic, which he set up after his own 7 year struggle with ME...

Ana Bárbara Pereira

Ana Bárbara’s interest in integrative health and psychology began while dealing with her own chronic illness...

Bebe Kohlap
Practice Manager

Bebe entered into nutrition quite unexpectedly when she went to an open day at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, just to...

Charlotte Thomson

Charlotte initially trained as a musician and worked as a performer and teacher for several years before embarking on...

Claire Sehinson
Head of Research and Protocol Development

Claire is an educator, researcher and functional medicine trained nutritional therapist. Claire has over a decade of...

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