Unravelling the Mystery of the Clarinet Embouchure

Dr. Thaut Invited to Join the Lancet Neurology Commision

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.

Submit to a Special Issue of Brain Sciences

Call for submissions to a Special Issue of Brain Sciences “Focusing on the Rhythmic Interventions in Movement Disorders,” led by MaHRC’s staff scientist, Dr. Yuko Koshimori.

Deadline is Septmeber 30, 2024.

See here for details

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

New Positions for MaHRC Graduates

Congratulations to:

● Cheryl Jones, hired as an assistant professor of music at the University of Miami
● Kyurim (Kyu) Kang, accepted a post-doc fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
● Nicole Richard, hired as an assistant professor of music at Belmont University (Nashville, TN)
● Charlene Santoni, hired as an adjunct professor of music at McMaster University and the University of Toronto

MaHRC Awarded SSHRC Grant

Grant awarded for project “The impact of paired practice on learning and motivation in music training”

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

MaHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Tristan Loria Named Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award Winner

Tristan Loria is the 2020 awardee in Motor Behaviour as recognized by the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS). Congratulations!

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”

MaHRC Awarded GRAMMY Museum Grant

MaHRC PhD student Tara Henechowicz and Director Michael Thaut awarded GRAMMY Museum Grant to investigate the prevalence of the Val66Met BDNF polymorphism in musicians vs. the general population. Congratulations!

Research Translations into Health Care

RAS (Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation) which was developed by our research team has been included into the 2019 Canadian and US Veterans Administration/Department of Defense clinical guidelines for mobility rehabilitation in stroke!

Exploring the Musical Mind with Eliot Britton, Aiyun Huang & Michael Thaut

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