Robyn Puglia’s
The Autoimmune Academy
Where functional medicine practitioners gain the clarity, confidence, and tools to master even the most complex autoimmune cases.
A better way to approach Autoimmunity
What is The Autoimmune Academy?
The Autoimmune Academy is the comprehensive mentoring program I wish I’d had when I started working with complex autoimmune cases 20 years ago.
This isn’t just another course teaching you protocols. It’s a complete clinical ecosystem designed to transform how you understand, assess, and treat autoimmune conditions.
Through live sessions, an extensive video library, and a supportive community of like-minded practitioners, you’ll gain:
- Advanced Clinical Expertise – Learn to navigate the complexity of autoimmunity with confidence
- Mentorship – Bridge the gap between research and real patient outcomes
- Unbiased Toolkit – Develop a flexible approach that adapts to each unique case
- Community of Practitioners – Never troubleshoot alone again
you’re not alone
Autoimmune Cases Feel So Challenging when…
You’ve got the protocols, but they don’t always work the way they should.
You feel isolated when troubleshooting complex cases, with no one to bounce ideas off.
Your patient’s lab results don’t make sense, leaving you questioning your approach.
You’re spending hours researching, yet still feel like you’re missing something crucial.
You feel like you don’t know enough, or don’t have enough tools in your toolkit for autoimmune and complex cases.
Food reactivity tests show multiple positives, and “just heal the gut” isn’t cutting it.
“Over my last 15 years of clinical practice, I’ve spent tens of thouands on CPD, and the Autoimmune Academy is one of the best investments in my practice I’ve made.”
— L.L. (Autoimmune Academy Graduate, 2024)
clinical confidence from collaborative learning
The Missing Piece in Your Practice
Here’s the truth: There’s a significant gap between what we learn in our training and what we face in real clinical practice. When you branch out on your own, you suddenly lose that collaborative environment where you could bounce ideas off colleagues and learn from others’ clinical cases. The Autoimmune Academy bridges that gap completely.
It isn’t just about adding more information—it’s about connecting you with a community of practitioners facing the same challenges and providing you with a new lens through which to view autoimmunity.
The Autoimmune Academy is the culmination of everything I’ve learned within clinical practice—not just from formal education, but from working with real people with complex conditions. Your patients will feel the difference in your confidence, recommendations, and ultimately in their outcomes.
Breaking Down Autoimmunity
A Glimpse Inside The Autoimmune Academy
This is how we approach complex topics in The Autoimmune Academy—making them accessible, practical, and immediately applicable to your clinical work.
Beyond Protocols
Your Roadmap to Mastering Autoimmune Cases
Master the nuances
Clinical Expertise
Get comprehensive, science-based education covering the full spectrum of autoimmune disease – from infections (viruses, bacteria, yeast) and environmental factors (mould, toxins) to testing strategies and effective treatment protocols. Learn not just what to do, but understand the mechanisms behind why interventions work, so you can confidently adapt your approach for each unique case you encounter.
Bridge the gap
Mentorship
Get direct access to Robyn’s 20 years of clinical experience through live monthly calls where she hand-holds and coaches you through applying complex science to your own clinical practice. Use Robyn as your sounding board to bounce ideas, run cases past her, and gain the context and nuance that only comes from someone who’s been successfully treating complex autoimmune cases for two decades.
No one-size-fits-all solutions
Unbiased toolkit
Often practitioners learn about products and tools from the companies that sell them, which doesn’t give you a complete view of your options. You’ll get a comprehensive toolkit of testing, supplements, and lifestyle interventions that’s practical, flexible, and unbiased – so you can adapt for individual complexities and confidently navigate situations when standard protocols don’t work as expected.
Grow through collaboration
Practitioner Community
Connect with like-minded practitioners in an exclusive Circle community and participate in live round table sessions every other month where you can bring your real challenges and get direct feedback from your peers. This is a supportive space where engaged practitioners share experiences, troubleshoot cases together, and help each other navigate the complexities of clinical practice.
Professional Mentoring Program
The Results You’re
Going to Get
Confidently interpret lab results that previously left you puzzled — Learn to spot patterns, connections, and subtle clues that transform confusing data into clear action steps
Transform food reactivity cases from frustrating to fascinating — Master the nuances of immune responses beyond “just heal the gut” to create sustainable dietary strategies
Recognize patterns in seemingly unrelated symptoms — Connect the dots between diverse presentations to uncover the true drivers of autoimmunity
Experience the euphoria of untangling complex cases — Feel the professional satisfaction when a patient reports back that “it worked” after seeing multiple practitioners
Reclaim your sense of purpose and prevent burnout — Remember why you got into this work in the first place and feel fulfilled by creating meaningful patient transformations
How it Works
Video Library
All of the live sessions will be recorded to watch and rewatch for your own learning, so you don’t have to worry about missing anything if you cannot attend part or a whole session for any reason. You will also have downloadable copies of slides and all other resources.
Private Community via Circle
Participants will be invited to join a closed group where we can come together to share information, discuss clinical issues as they arise, and communicate between live sessions.
2 Live Sessions Per Month
2 x 2 hour live, online education sessions per month for a year – excluding August and December. This will cover the science you need to know, practical clinical practice and case study learning, functional and conventional testing and diet, nutrition and lifestyle interventions.
Guest Experts
Alongside Robyn, you will also be learning from the clinical experience and expertise of a variety of guest speakers to create a wide and deep learning experience.
Nutritional Therapy & Functional Medicine
Meet Robyn Puglia:
Clinician. Educator. Mentor.
I’m Robyn Puglia—Clinical Nutritionist, IFM Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, and educator with over 20 years of experience in autoimmunity and complex chronic illness.
I’ve helped thousands of patients untangle autoimmune disease and mentored hundreds of practitioners through the clinical gray areas where protocols fall short and testing gets complicated.
I’ve taught autoimmune modules at top UK nutrition colleges, served as the UK Head of Education for Cyrex Labs, and led practitioner training for labs like Genova Diagnostics, Doctor’s Data, and Regenerus.
Whether you’re a practitioner seeking stronger clinical skills—or someone searching for answers on your healing journey—I’m here to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
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Topics
Immunology
How to break down a case when it’s complex and how to get started
Autoimmune cases can often involved multiple overlapping dysfunctions and mechanisms, and people with complex autoimmune illness can be hypersensitive and reactive. We will discuss how to assess and break apart cases and organise the information, how to decide where to start and how to create a plan for working forwards through a complex case over time.
Food: How to Use Food as a Tool in Autoimmunity
People with autoimmune disease may have broken oral tolerance, polyreactivity or wildly different dietary needs from person to person. Moving forwards from the AIP days, we’ll be looking at which diet tools we can use and when, and how to assess food reactivity using testing when that’s appropriate.
The Mucosal Surfaces: the gut, skin, mouth, sinuses, lungs and genitourinary trct.
Stress, Trauma and the Nervous System
I don’t think it’s discussed enough that there are two types of stress. Current or perceived stress, and historical stress which re-wires the nervous system. People with an ACE score of 2, have a 400% increased risk of autoimmunity. A hypervigilant nervous system equals a hyper vigilant immune system and so often just building in relaxation techniques is inadequate when it comes to creating real and lasting change in this area. Not knowing how to recognise or appropriately make changes to the nervous system can mean getting stuck in diet and supplement protocols that aren’t effective .
Mould and Mycotoxins
In this module, we’ll be covering how mould, mycotoxin and related environmental exposures can contribute to or cause autoimmunity. You will also be learning what to do and how to do it, to address overt or underlying mould and mycotoxin issues in autoimmune patients and clients.
Covid, Long Covid and Autoimmunity
The Lancet study concluding 1/10 in the UK with AID was done pre-pandemic. We will be exploring and understanding the mechanisms through which covid can induce autoimmunity and long covid and the tools we have for working with downstream autoimmunity and immune dysregulation.
Infections – Viruses, Yeast and Bacteria
Infections are among the best studied and understood environmental triggers of autoimmune disease -but infections or dysbiosis can occur at many stages of autoimmune development. How can we understand when infection is part of an individual’s autoimmune process, and how do we know if the issue is past, or current? How do we know which infection is causing problems? And how do we develop effective clinical strategies for targeting infection and dysbiosis and restoring healthy immune tolerance to our total microbial load? We’ll be exploring all of this and more in this module
Immunosuppressant Medications and DNIs
Many people with autoimmunity are prescribed immune suppressant medications and immunomodulators long term. Here we will be learning more about these drugs and drug classes, how to with with people who are taking these meds, which nutrients are depleted by the meds and how to understand drug-nutrient interactions and recommendations .
Adjuvent Induced Autoimmunity - vaccines and breast implants
In this module we will explore autoimmune breast implant illness, and also the science behind vaccines being both protective of autoimmune disease and also a potential trigger, plus how to support explant and vaccine administration should your clients and patients choose these procedures.
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£2000
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£200 per month
What Practitioners Have to Say
Yes, It Really Works
“This Academy is a Must!”
“I have loved being part of the Autoimmune Academy. Robyn is so knowledgeable in working with complex cases and we’ve learnt from many other guest speakers over the year, all of whom are experts in their field.
Over my last 15 years of clinical practice I’ve spent tens of thousands on CPD and the Autoimmune Academy is one of the best investments in my practice I’ve made. If you want to work with clients with autoimmune conditions – this Academy is a MUST!”
LL, 2024
“More Than I’d Hoped For…”
“The level of education is advanced yet taught in a very clear and eloquent way as Robyn is great at simplifying complex subjects. On a personal level Robyn is insightful, honest and so generous with both her time and resources and it is clear how passionate she is about the topic and sharing her knowledge with others.
The level of contributing lecturers and their content to the programme is brilliant.
Such a brilliant programme and more than I’d hoped for. I can´t rate it highly enough and I hope to continue to learn from Robyn and the Autoimmune Academy.”
CK, 2024
“Allowed me to apply the knowledge for my patients.”
“One of the standout features of the course is its interactive nature. The combination of hands-on case studies and collaborative discussions allowed me to apply the knowledge for my patients.
This course truly enhanced my clinical knowledge, offering insights that I can directly apply to patient care. Whether you’re new to the field or looking to deepen your understanding, I highly recommend this course run by Robyn Puglia for anyone seeking a thorough education on autoimmune disorders.”
RS, 2024
You Belong Here
Register Now for the Autoimmune Academy
You deserve to have unbiased education, feel part of a community of practitioners, and have honest discussions about the gray areas in healthcare.
The 2025 Academy cohort began in October, but registration will remain open through December. The next cohort won’t open until 2027. Don’t wait another year to get the tools and support you need.
