Editorial Board
Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel
MB BChir (Medicine) and MA Hons Natural Sciences (Cambridge)
MSc Precision Cancer Medicine with Distinction (Oxford)
FBANT FRSA IFMCP DipIM DipAc DipCHM PGCert DipION RYT200
Precision Health & Integrative Medicine Physician, Scientist and Educator
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine physician scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare. Dr Fuller-Shavel is a Fellow of the College of Medicine, the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel has co-chaired the BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology) over 2021-2023 and is the current Co-Chair of the BSIO Education Committee and the SIO (Society for Integrative Oncology) Global Ambassador to the UK, actively contributing to several SIO committees.
Alongside her extensive scientific and medical training, Dr Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel has also recently co-authored the book ‘Integrative Oncology in Breast Cancer Care’ with Dr Penny Kechagioglou published by Springer in March 2024.
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is the founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary practice in Hampshire, specialising in women’s health and integrative cancer care (integrative oncology). In 2022 Dr Fuller-Shavel won a prestigious Innovation Leader of the Year award for her inspirational vision for healthcare and practice leadership, as well as subsequently making the 2024 #ialso top 100 UK female entrepreneur list. Alongside her clinical work, Dr Fuller-Shavel is a guest lecturer in integrative medicine for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and delivers independent educational courses for medical and nutrition professionals, including her Systems Approach to Cancer Programme. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel participates in research in integrative oncology and precision health, is an expert integrative and supportive oncology abstract reviewer for international conferences and journals, and contributes to journal editorial boards (NMJ and IJIO) and guideline development panels nationally and internationally. Finally, Dr Fuller-Shavel is the Co-Founder and Director of Oncio CIC, an innovative non-profit organisation aimed at providing high quality app-based resources for people with cancer and supporting best clinical practice and research in integrative oncology.
Find out more about Dr Fuller-Shavel’s work at:
www.synthesisclinic.co.uk
www.drninafullershavel.com
www.oncio.org