Team
The Network is led by Professor Rosie Perkins (Royal College of Music London), Dr Katie Rose Sanfilippo (City, University of London), Debi Graham (Royal College of Music London), Michael Durrant (Royal College of Music London), and Philippa Alway (Policy and campaigns adviser).
Please see our individual introductions below.
Rosie Perkins
Rosie is Professor of Music, Health, and Social Science at the Royal College of Music London and honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. She is a researcher and educator specialising in music and wellbeing, and has a particular interest in how music can support parents. Her edited volume on this topic will be published by Oxford University Press in summer 2024. Rosie lives in Greater London with her husband, two children, and cat, and outside of work enjoys reading, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.
Katie Rose Sanfilippo
Katie Rose is a Presidential Research Fellow at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences and a member of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research at City, University of London. Her research focuses on how arts-based approaches and interventions can be scaled-up, spread, and sustained more equitably in the UK and globally, with a focus on resource-constrained settings. She works with various policymakers, charities, and health organisations to promote maternal mental health in the educational and health policy agendas in The Gambia and across Africa. Originally from California, she lives with her partner in London and enjoys travelling to new places, trying new foods, and going to the theatre.
Debi Graham
Debi is a C H Scholar and 3rd year doctoral candidate at the Royal College of Music London, supervised by Professor Rosie Perkins and Dr Jessica Pitt. Her PhD research explores how music can support parental mental wellbeing especially during persistent baby crying. She is particularly focused on translating research into practice - in creative and accessible ways - to benefit families on the ground . Debi has three grown children and lives near Nottingham with her husband and two rescued pets, Alfie and Savane. She enjoys spending time with her family and loves a good curry.
Michael Durrant
Michael is a PhD Candidate in Performance Science at the Royal College of Music London. His research focuses on health promotion in the performing arts, investigating how health is conceptualised across the sector together with evaluations of current health promotion initiatives. Alongside his doctoral research, he also coordinates the Healthy Conservatoires project, which aims to support environments that promote and enhance the health and wellbeing of performing artists, and the Health, Economic, and Social Impact of the Arts (HEartS) project, which explores the impact of the arts and culture on health and wellbeing, from individual, social, and economic perspectives. Michael lives in London with his wife and outside of work enjoys swimming, reading, and spending time with family.
Philippa Alway
Philippa is a collaborative and strategic external affairs, policy and campaign adviser, dedicated to influencing policy making to build a more just, healthy and sustainable world. She has worked both as a consultant and in-house within think tank, sector body and charity settings across public affairs, policy development, report writing, event organisation, stakeholder relations, media relations and digital media. She has experience in a variety of sectors, including education and skills, tech, and food and farming. She is currently Senior Policy Adviser at UCAS and works with academics at the Royal College of Music and City, University of London. Philippa lives in Bristol and is a keen yogi, foodie, and traveller.
Our expert steering group
A team of international experts in the broad field of music and parental wellbeing make up a dedicated steering group to guide the work of the Network. This inter-disciplinary group brings together: Dr Alain Gregoire, Dr Maddalena Miele, Tiffany Ortiz, Dr Charulatha Mani, Julian Knight, and Dr Mark Ettenberger.
We would like to thank them for their valuable support and input.
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