Wendy Magee
email : drwmagee@rhn.org.uk
Biography
Wendy L. Magee holds a postdoctorate fellowship as International Fellow in Music Therapy at the Institute of Neuropalliative Rehabilitation in London. She is an internationally renowned researcher and clinical specialist in Music Therapy and neurology. She undertook doctoral research examining Music Therapy with people living with complex disabilities from Multiple Sclerosis and was awarded her doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 1999. She is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation at King's College London and additionally is a visiting fellow at the University of Southampton and City University.
Current Research
Reviewer as part of the Cochrane Collaboration (Music Therapy in adults with acquired brain injury)
A validation study to standardise a music therapy assessment tool for use in rehabilitation with people with brain injury (in collaboration with Northwick Park Regional Rehabilitation Unit and King´s College London)
A validation study to standardise a music therapy assessment tool for use with people in low awareness states
Brain-computer music interface: intelligent assistive technology for music-making (in collaboration with the Universities of Plymouth, Southampton and Essex)
Completed Research
'Singing My Life, Playing My Self. Investigating the use of familiar pre-composed music and unfamiliar improvised music in clinical music therapy with individuals with chronic neurological illness. W.L. Magee'. Doctoral dissertation at the University of Sheffield. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Sheffield, UK, #9898. Supervised by Prof. Jane Davidson.
'Music Therapy as an aid to communication and well-being after stroke. S.M. Brumfitt, M. Freeman, J.W. Davidson, W.L. Magee'. In collaboration with the Departments of Human Communication Sciences and Music, University of Sheffield.
'Exploring the use of music technology in clinical music therapy: Establishing definitions and scope of practice. W.L. Magee & K. Burland'. In collaboration with the University of Leeds.
'A comparison between music and verbal de-escalation techniques with adults with neuro-behavioural disorders following brain injury. W.L. Magee & H. Hitchen'. In collaboration with the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London.
Selected Publications
Daveson, B.A, Magee, W.L., Crewe, L., Beaumont, G., & Kenealy, P. (2007). A Retrospective Audit to Investigate the Validity of a Music Assessment Tool for Low Awareness States in Patients with Complex Neuro-disability. Int. Jnl of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 14(2), 545-9.
Bradt, J., Magee, W.L., Dileo, C., Wheeler, B. & McGilloway, E. (2007). Music therapy for acquired brain injury. (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4.
Magee, W.L. (2007). Music as a diagnostic tool in low awareness states: Considering limbic responses. Brain Injury. 21(6), 593-599.
Magee, W.L. (2007). Development of a music therapy assessment tool for patients in low awareness states. NeuroRehabilitation, 22(4), 319-324.
Magee, W.L. (2007). A comparison between the use of songs and improvisation in music therapy with adults living with acquired and chronic illness. Australian Journal of Music Therapy, 18, 20-38.
Magee, W.L. & Andrews, K. (2007). Multi-disciplinary perceptions of music therapy in complex neuro-rehabilitation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 14(2), 70-75.