Daisy Fancourt

Daisy E. Fancourt is a British researcher who is an Associate Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London.[2][3][4] During the COVID-19 pandemic Fancourt established the network COVID Minds, which looked to better understand the impact of coronavirus disease on mental health and well-being.

Daisy Fancourt
Born
Daisy E. Fancourt
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsMental health
Well-being
Institutions
ThesisThe psychoneuroimmunology of music: modulation of psychological state, stress levels and immune response through participatory interventions (2016)
Doctoral advisorAndrew Steptoe
Livia Carvalho[1]
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/people/fancourt

Early life and education

Fancourt earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Oxford[5] and her master's at King's College London. Fancourt joined the National Health Service, where she worked at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on arts and clinical innovations.[6] She eventually returned to academia, and earned her doctoral degree at University College London (UCL) where she worked in psychoneuroimmunology.[1][7]

Research and career

After her PhD, Fancourt moved to Imperial College London as a postdoctoral researcher, where she was based in the Centre for Performance Science.[8] The Centre for Performance Science is a partnership between Imperial College School of Medicine and the Royal College of Music.[9] At the annual Imperial College London festival Fancourt analysed the capacity of men and women to play board games whilst listening to music, and showed that men perform worse when there is rock music in the background.[10] During her time at Imperial she acted as Director of Research for Breathe Health Research, an organisation that looked to support children with hemiplegia through magic training.[5] Fancourt studies the impact of the arts on immune response, with a particular focus on the use of music in clinical settings. She analyses how engaging with music and other cultural activities impact physical and mental health at all stages of a person's life. Engaging with music can mean joining a local choir, listening to music or attending a concert.[11][12] For her contributions to science and the arts, Fancourt was made the British Science Association Jacob Bronowski Award Lecturer in 2016.[13]

In 2017 Fancourt was selected as one of the BBC Radio 3 Next Generation Thinkers.[11] As part of the award, Fancourt had the opportunity to create content for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. She joined University College London as a Wellcome Trust research fellow later that year.[14][15] Fancourt worked with the World Health Organization to develop an agenda that connected the arts, health and well-being.[16][17] In one of her WHO reports, Fancourt concluded that arts interventions, including singing in a choir to improve the outcomes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, present low-cost treatment options for healthcare workers.[18]

During the COVID-19 pandemic Fancourt established the network COVID Minds that looked to better understand the impact of coronavirus disease on mental health. The network collates longitudinal international mental health studies during the pandemic, offering opportunities for researchers to join projects and sharing regular updates with members of the public.[19] Fancourt is leading the COVID–19 Social Study, an investigation looking at the social experiences of adults in the United Kingdom during the outbreak.[20] She created a survey that could collect information on the psychological and social challenges that people in the UK faced during the pandemic. The outcomes of the survey are regularly reported, allowing policymakers and the media to better understand and report on the impact of lockdown.[21] In particular, the Social Study looked to better understand how the virus and enforced social isolation impacted mental health and loneliness.[22] At the end of April 2020 the social study had over 75,000 participants.[20] As part of the social study Fancourt will conduct in-depth surveys of over 150 adults, exploring the impact of social isolation.[23] Her results showed that prior to the lockdown officially beginning there was a decline in happiness.[24] However, over the course of April Fancourt showed that levels of well-being had increased and levels of anxiety had decreased.[24]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

Journal articles
  • Fancourt, Daisy; Ockelford, Adam; Belai, Abi (2014). "The psychoneuroimmunological effects of music: A systematic review and a new model". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 36: 15–26. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2013.10.014. ISSN 0889-1591.
  • Fancourt, Daisy; Williamon, Aaron; Carvalho, Livia A; Steptoe, Andrew; Dow, Rosie; Lewis, Ian (2016-04-04). "Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers". ecancermedicalscience. 10. doi:10.3332/ecancer.2016.631. ISSN 1754-6605.
  • Fancourt, Daisy; Perkins, Rosie; Ascenso, Sara; Carvalho, Livia A.; Steptoe, Andrew; Williamon, Aaron (2016-03-14). "Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0151136. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151136. ISSN 1932-6203.

Books
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References
  1. Fancourt, Daisy E. (2016). The psychoneuroimmunology of music : modulation of psychological state, stress levels and immune response through participatory interventions. ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC 1064610848. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.746144.
  2. Daisy Fancourt publications from Europe PubMed Central
  3. Daisy Fancourt publications indexed by Google Scholar
  4. Daisy Fancourt publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. "Interview: Dr Daisy Fancourt on the intersection of arts and health | Website archive | King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  6. UCL (2019-01-23). "fancourt". Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  7. UCL (2018-03-19). "Spotlight: Daisy Fancourt". Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  8. "HEartS – Centre for Performance Science". Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  9. "Daisy Fancourt selected as New Generation Thinker". www.rcm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  10. "Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  11. "Interview: Daisy Fancourt – Arts and Humanities Research Council". ahrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  12. "Singing and Maternal Mental Health". Snape Maltings. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  13. "2016 Award Lecture winners revealed". British Science Association. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  14. UCL (2019-01-23). "fancourt". Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  15. RSPH. "Join our Arts, Health and Wellbeing Special Interest Group". www.rsph.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  16. "An introduction to the new WHO evidence report on arts and health – by Daisy Fancourt | CHWA". www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  17. "The role of the arts within health". The BMJ. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  18. "Fact sheet – What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being in the WHO European Region?". www.euro.who.int. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  19. "Longitudinal studies". COVID-MIND. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  20. "COVID-19 Research". MARCH. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  21. UCL (2020-03-24). "New study into psychological and social effects of Covid-19". UCL News. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  22. "Researching the impacts of coronavirus – UK Research and Innovation". www.ukri.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  23. "COVID-19 social study". Nuffield Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  24. Jarral, Farrah (2020-04-29). "The lockdown paradox: why some people's anxiety is improving during the crisis | Farrah Jarral". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  25. "BA Rising Star Engagement Awards – Past Awards: 2017". The British Academy. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  26. "London Hub". Global Shapers. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
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