Daisy Fancourt is one of the world’s most influential scientists working at the intersection of arts and health. As Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London, she is the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Arts and Health, UNESCO Chair in Arts & Global Health, and Steering Committee Chair of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. She has published 300 scientific papers, received over £37m in research funding, 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. She is author of the Sunday Times bestseller Art Cure, which is short-listed for the Women’s Prize for non-fiction.