Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dr Magda Zasada with shoulder-length hair wearing a dark top

Dr. Magda Zasada

Lecturer in Workforce, Organisation and Wellbeing, University of Surrey and co-applicant, CARES-Well

Magda is a lecturer in workforce, organisation and wellbeing in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Surrey and a co-applicant on the National Institute for Health and Care Research CARES-Well (Collaborative Action for Research-Engaging in Staff Wellbeing) national research partnership, where she leads work to design, implement and evaluate a qualitative approach to the regular monitoring of NHS staff wellbeing. 

She is an organisational sociologist whose research focuses on how health and social care organisations can deliver effective services and provide supportive places to work. 

Magda is particularly interested in how leadership and organisational cultures shape staff experience and wellbeing, and how organisations can create sustainable working environments in which staff can thrive.