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Dr Jessica Eccles is an Associate Professor in Brain-Body Medicine (Clinical Neuroscience) at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex. She holds a PhD from BSMS, an MB BCh from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons from the University of Cambridge. She is a certified psychiatrist with specialist training in liaison psychiatry and a PGCert in Higher Education.
Research Interests: Her work bridges clinical neuroscience, psychiatry, and rheumatology, focusing on brain-body interactions. Key areas include:
- Neural mechanisms linking joint hypermobility and anxiety
- Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental features of connective tissue disorders (e.g., EDS)
- Chronic pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and Long COVID
- Autonomic dysfunction (e.g., POTS)
- Interoception and emotional regulation in neurodivergent individuals
Publication Trends: Her recent publications reflect a strong interdisciplinary focus, combining neuroimaging, clinical psychiatry, and rheumatology. Themes include the role of inflammation and gene expression in Long COVID, neural correlates of synesthesia and hypermobility, and qualitative studies on diagnostic misclassification in autism and BPD. She frequently employs multimodal methods including fMRI, autonomic testing, and transcriptomics.
Scientific Awards:
- MQ Versus Arthritis Fellowship Award
- Academy of Medical Sciences grant
- Prestigious MQ: Transforming Mental Health grant
Grants and Supervision: Dr Eccles leads major funded projects from Wellcome Trust, MRC, and Dysautonomia International, including the EM-BODY study on interoception and emotion. She supervises research students, with her supervisees regularly winning awards. She also teaches and examines across undergraduate and postgraduate programs at BSMS, notably leading the popular SSC 'Psychiatry and Other Arts'.
Labs and Teams: She collaborates with leading researchers including Prof Hugo Critchley, Prof Valeria Iodice, Prof Derek Cercignani, Prof Peter Rowe, and Dr Katie Davies. Her work is conducted within multidisciplinary teams integrating neuroscience, psychiatry, immunology, and rheumatology.
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