Author archives: Daisy Fancourt

About Daisy Fancourt

Daisy Fancourt is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Performance Science, a research group run jointly between the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Music. Daisy studied at Oxford University and King’s College London before completing a PhD in psychoneuroimmunology at UCL. Her research focuses on the effects of participation in arts-based interventions on neuroendocrine and immune response, the use of the arts within clinical settings, and the psychosocial impact of cultural engagement at an individual and public health level. She has also worked for a number of years in the NHS managing clinical innovations programmes and delivering consultancy to hospitals, universities and CCGs on the integration of the arts within patient care pathways.