We are a world-class, interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of music therapy and its ability to affect positive change on health and human wellbeing.
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We're investigating how music therapy reorganises the brain of stroke survivors, and helps them regain hand and arm function.
Read more about our work with stroke survivors
Working with acquired brain injury (ABI) survivors, we're exploring music listening protocols to help manage fatigue, mood and recovery.
Read more about work addressing fatigue in ABI survivors
Through the MELODIC project, we're investigating how music therapy can reduce distress on NHS inpatient wards for people with dementia.
Read more about MELODIC
Autism-CHIME will test the effectiveness of improvisational music therapy in improving autistic children's social communication skills.
Read more about Autism-CHIME
Our pilot study explored the use of music therapy for people engaged with a community-based substance misuse treatment service.
Read more about our feasibility study
Our world-leading music therapy work, in particular our focus on the wellbeing of people living with dementia, earned The Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2021. These prizes are the highest national honour in higher and further education. They recognise outstanding work that shows the highest levels of quality and innovation and delivers significant public benefit.
Find out more about the Queen's Anniversary prize