Author(s): Wagner Heather
Presenter(s): Heather Wagner, PhD, MT-BC
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Bio: Heather J. Wagner, Ph.D., MT-BC is a clinician and faculty at SUNY New Paltz. She is a Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery and maintains a music psychotherapy practice. Heather provides services in medical, psychiatric, rehabilitative, and palliative care settings. She has served as a reviewer for Voices and for the Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy. Heather has presented locally, regionally, and nationally on a variety of topics including resource-oriented music therapy, trauma, research, music and imagery, and ethics. She currently serves the AMTA on the Academic Program Approval Committee, and as an Assembly Delegate for the NER.
Title: The Resource-Oriented Approach in Acute Medical Music Therapy
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): French Tara and Lefévre Yoni
Presenter(s): Dr. Tara French and Yoni Lefévre
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Bio: Dr. Tara French is Programme Director for Health and Wellbeing at The Glasgow School of Art. As a design psychologist and interdisciplinary researcher, she is an expert in facilitating transdisciplinary collaborations in the context of care and wellbeing. Her work combines multi-method and creative forms of engagement to meaningfully involve diverse groups of stakeholders in the design process, from people with lived experience to government policy makers. Her research focuses on the role of design in enabling a culture of innovation and resilience in complex contexts, with special interests in social care, mental wellbeing and palliative care. Tara is interested in how design can foster spaces for empathic exploration and resilience when exploring ‘taboo’ or sensitive subjects.
Yoni Lefévre is a Design Researcher at STBY in Amsterdam. She previously held the position of Research Associate at The Glasgow School of Art. Working within the context of ageing and design, Yoni combines her creative visual design background with research through participatory methodologies, contributing to social transformation on both practical and strategic levels. She has extensive experience in codesign in different contexts with a range of participant groups including small neighbourhood communities, asylum seekers, counsellors, and health and social care professionals. Her expertise also extends to intergenerational engagement, facilitating meaningful interactions between younger and older generations.
Title: Making music meaningful in care homes
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Krotinger Anna and Loui Psyche
Presenter(s): Anna Krotinger, BA
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Bio: Anna Krotinger, BA, received her BA with high honors in Neuroscience and Behavior from Wesleyan University. Her undergraduate thesis investigated potential factors contributing to differences in the outcome of dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease. While at Wesleyan, she directed a dance group, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received the George H. Acheson and Grass Foundation Prize in Neuroscience. She is currently a Master of Bioethics (MBE) candidate at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, and teaches dance classes for Parkinson’s in Boston. Anna’s hobbies include dancing, cooking, hiking, and reading.
Title: Assessing and Predicting Efficacy of Dance Intervention for Parkinson's Disease
Contribution type: Poster
Author(s): de Oliveira Zanini Claudia Regina and Pereira da Silva Jefferson
Presenter(s): Jefferson Pereira da Silva, MSc, MT and Professor Claudia Zanini, PhD, MT
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Bio: Jefferson Pereira da Silva: Master in music and Bachelor in Music therapy at the Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brasil). He works as music therapist with Burn Victims and Mental Health Patients in Goiânia- Goiás. Email: mtjefferson.05@gmail.com
Claudia Zanini: PhD in Health Sciences, Master in Music, Specialist in Music therapy in Special Education and Mental Health at Universidade Federal de Goiás. Specialist in Gerontology/SBGG. Member of the Research and Ethics Commission of the WFMT. Professor and Researcher at the Music Therapy Bachelor/UFG (Brasil). Visitor Researcher at Music Therapy Program/Temple University (Fall/2018). Email: claudiazanini@ufg.br
Title: Music therapy in the treatment of burn victims: a study of pain and anxiety levels
Contribution type: Poster
Author(s): Fitzpatrick Katie, Moss Hilary and Harmon Dominic
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Title: The effect of individual music therapy on the health and well-being of people living with chronic pain: a pilot project
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Hakvoort Laurien, de Jong Sirik, van de Ree
Maartje, Macfarlane Clare, Kok Tim and de Haan Hein
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Title: Music therapy to regulate arousal and attention in patients with substance
use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot study
Contribution type: Poster
Author(s): Taets Gunnar, Taets Christian, Bergold Leila, Abreu Angela and Jomar Rafael
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Title: Salivary cortisol analysis of drug-dependent families: a quasi-experimental
study on the effects of music therapy
Contribution type: Poster
Author(s): Spak David and Card Elizabeth
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Title: Music, Movement, and Mind: Use of Drumming to Improve Strength, Balance,
Coordination, and Emotional Status in a 12-Year-Old With Agenesis of
the Corpus Callosum
Contribution type: Poster
Author(s): Geist Kamile, Franz Berkeley, Geist Eugene, Zoccola Peggy and Tuttle Brianna
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Title: The Potential of Music-Based Intervention Infant/Caregiver Research For At-Risk Families in Rural Appalachia, United States, as a Public Health Determinant for Families Impacted by the National Opioid
Epidemic
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Taets Gunnar, Taets Christian, Torres Lucas, Fernandes Caroline and Bergold Leila
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Title: Biological effects of music in cancer patients: contributing to an evidence-based practice
Contribution type: Poster
Author(s): Vuong Veronica, Mosabbir Abdullah, Picard Larry, Paneduro Denise, Faghfoury
Hanna, Evans Michael, Gordon Allan and Bartel Lee
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Title: The Effects of Rhythmic Sensory Stimulation on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Pilot Study
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Mosabbir Abdullah, Braun Janzen Thenille, Naghdi Lili, Paneduro Denise, Picard
Larry, Gordon Allan, Ahonen Heidi, Macario Pasqualino and Bartel Lee
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Title: The effects of Rhythmic Sensory Stimulation on Fibromyalgia symptoms
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Mosabbir Abdullah, Braun Janzen Thenille, Al Shirawi Maryam, Rotzinger Susan, Kennedy Sidney, Meltzer Jed and Bartel Lee
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Title: An investigation into the effects of rhythmic sensory stimulation on depression and associated symptoms
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Hereld Diana
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Title: The Use of Music Videos in the Treatment of Complex Trauma
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Daly Berman Amanda
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Title: Deployment, Discharge, Discord: Veterans’ Usage of Digital Media Platforms for Nostalgia &
Grieving
Contribution type: Paper
Author(s): Sachs Matthew, Zhang Euan, Walker Dana, Lazar Michael and Loui Psyche
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The relationship between musical anhedonia and social reward sensitivity
Contribution type: Paper