Jacquelyn Meinhardt, DNP, MSHS, FNP-BC, Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner is a high-performance health strategist, clinical scientist, and national leader in brain health and precision medicine. Her work sits at the intersection of genetics, environment, and lifestyle, decoding how these forces shape the brain and body across a lifetime. Jacki specializes in helping patients with complex, often overlooked conditions, ranging from cognitive decline and neuroinflammation to chronic infections and environmental illness, restore function, energy, and mental clarity through a deeply personalized, root-cause approach. Jacki is known for connecting dots others miss. Her clinical and research focus centers on the role of embedded infections, immune dysregulation, and environmental exposures in driving mental health conditions, cognitive decline, and chronic disease. She believes there is a direct and powerful connection between the immune system, brain function, and long-term neurological outcomes, and her work is dedicated to identifying and treating these upstream drivers before irreversible damage occurs. Jacki works for Amen Clinics Washington D.C., Metro Area. She is the first nurse practitioner to serve on the Board of Directors for the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) and leads the organization’s international Big Data Initiative in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, an effort aimed at transforming how complex chronic illness is understood, tracked, and treated on a global scale. Jacki also serves on the board of several emerging AI-driven medical platforms focused on advancing precision diagnostics and personalized care. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Georgetown University, where her research focused on early detection of brain injury and biotoxin-related cognitive impairment using genomic assays and advanced imaging techniques. She also holds Master’s degrees in Nursing (FNP) and Integrative Medicine (MSHS). In addition to her clinical work, Jacki is a faculty member at Georgetown University, where she teaches biostatistics and epidemiology to medical students. Outside of medicine, she serves as the Optimal Performance Coach for the Georgetown University Women’s Crew team and is a certified Olympic-level performance coach. Her mission is simple but ambitious: To prevent cognitive decline, restore brain health, and redefine what is possible for human performance.