Daisy Fancourt

A woman with straight blonde hair smiles outdoors, wearing a light shirt with blue flowers.
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About the Author

Daisy Fancourt is Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London where she heads the Social Biobehavioural Research Group, and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Arts and Health. She has published 300 scientific papers and won over two dozen academic prizes. She is a multi-award-winning science communicator and has been named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and BBC New Generation Thinker. Daisy is listed as one of the most highly cited scientists in the world.

Books by Daisy Fancourt

Book cover of "Art Cure," featuring art supplies packed inside a capsule, with the subtitle "The Science of How the Arts Save Lives.
BY Daisy Fancourt
A groundbreaking exposé showing how the arts—alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature—are the forgotten fifth pillar of health