2004 - 2007 - Cicely Saunders Institute - King's College London

Dr Wendy Magee PhD NMT ARCM
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Wendy trained as a music therapist at the University of
Melbourne, Australia, before coming to study and work in
the UK in 1989. She is a specialist in neuropalliative
rehabilitation having worked since 1990 as a clinician,
researcher and manager at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability
in Putney. Her doctorate was awarded by the
University of Sheffield for researching the experience of
music therapy for people living with chronic and complex
Multiple Sclerosis. She has completed research projects
using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies
examining the effects of music therapy in collaborative
practice to address communication and well-being after
stroke, and exploring of the use of electronic music
technologies in music therapy practice. She currently
holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Neuropalliative
Rehabilitation, Putney, London. She has
published widely on Multiple Sclerosis, low awareness
states, Huntington’s Disease and neuro-rehabilitation.
Current research activity focuses on music therapy in the
treatment of neurological disorders and the development
and validation of evaluation tools with this population.
Dr Farida Malik BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCP, MSc
Cicely Saunders International Research Training Fellow
Farida studied medicine at UMDS, University of London,
qualifying in 1996. Following this she trained in hospital
general medicine before joining the South Thames
Specialist Registrar Training Scheme in Palliative
Medicine. She has previously undertaken an intercalated
BSc in Psychology (University of London) and an MSc in
Palliative Care at King’s College London. Farida joined
the department in 2005. She is currently undertaking a
PhD funded by the Cicely Saunders International
Programme for Research into Breathlessness looking at
the experience of caregivers of breathless patients with
advanced disease. Farida’s research interests include
breathlessness and sleep disturbance, steroids in brain
tumours, symptom and quality of life assessment.
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