Postdoctoral Fellows

Call for Submission: “Focusing on the Rhythmic Interventions in Movement Disorders”

This Special Issue from Brain Sciences is led by Dr. Yuko Koshimori.

Deadline is 21 March, 2025.

Check out the details here

Call for Submission: “Rethinking the Role of Applied Auditory and Music Neuroscience to Neurorehabilitation”

This Special Issue from Brain Sciences is led by Dr. Michael H. Thaut.

Deadline is 31 July, 2025.

Check out the details here

Dr. Thaut joins as commissioner on the LANCET/WHO Neurology Commission for Neurorehabilitation

Dr. Thaut has been invited to join as commissioner on the LANCET/WHO Neurology Commission for Neurorehabilitation. The commission is charged with developing and advancing new research and clinical initiatives in brain health for neurological disabilities across the globe.

Elaine Keillor Research Innovation Fund in Music and Health

● $1 million endowment from scholar and musician Elaine Keillor to enhance music and health research
● Read about it here

2 Published Papers Selected as Editor’s Choice

Congratulations to the following teams for being selected by their respective journals as Editor’s Choice:

● Fischer CE, Churchill N, Leggieri M, Vuong V, Tau M, Fornazzari LR, Schweizer T, Thaut MH. 2021. Long known music exposure effects on brain imaging and cognition in early-state cognitive decline. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, doi 10.3233/JAD-210610

● Vuong V, Patterson KK, Cole LP, Henechowicz TL, Sheridan C, Green REA, Thaut MH. 2021. Relationship between cognition and gait at 2 and 12 months post traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, doi:010.3389/fresc.2021.726452

Clinical NMT Services

● Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) request for services can be found here

MaHRC Featured on CNN Heroes

● MaHRC and CNN’s Carol Rosenstein discuss musical memory during COVID-19 in this segment of CNN Hereos: Music Mends Minds
● Watch the video here
● Read the article here

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research AI Catalyst Grant Awarded

● Co-PIs Dr. Sageev Oore (Dalhousie University) and Dr. Michael Thaut; Co-Investigator Veronica Vuong
● Grant awarded for project “Adaptive Generative Rhythmic Models for Neurorehabilitation”