Large research projects - Projects we have funded
The Music Therapy Charity funds research fellowships in Music Therapy and scoping projects designed to lead to further large-scale international projects. This funding is only possible because of your donations.
The following Music Therapists have received research funding:
Dr Fabia Franco/Dr Letitia Slabu, Middlesex University (scoping project): "Music 4 Displaced Dyads East West: Small group music therapy for refugee caregivers and toddlers". January 2024.
Dr Lisa Graham/Dr Tracey O'Connell, Queen's University Belfast (scoping project): "Building capacity for high-quality research on the role of music therapy in supporting informal carers of people at end of life". January 2021.
Bryony Waters, University of Nottingham (fully funded PhD): "Development and evaluation of the Person Attuned Musical Interaction in Dementia Manual UK Version (PAMI-UK)". Project started in September 2019. January 2021 Progress report.
Professor Leslie Bunt - Music Therapy and the Child with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Professor Colin Lee - The Analysis of Therapeutic Improvisatory Music with People living with the Virus HIV/AIDS
Dr Gary Ansdell - Music Therapy as Discourse & Discipline: A Study of 'Music Therapist's Dilemma
Dr Amelia Oldfield
Dr Cathy Warner - Music Therapy with Adults with Learning Difficulties
Sarah Hoskyns - The effects of music therapy with adult recidivists
Penny Rogers - The effect of music therapy on children suffering from abuse
Jacqueline Robarts - The effects of music therapy on teenagers with eating disorders, and on children with autism
Philippa Derrington - Music therapy with "Youth at Risk"
Claire Flower - Music Therapy with Children and Parents in a Child Development Service: A Qualitative Study of the Dynamics of Expertise
Giorgos Tsiris - Music therapy and spirituality: An international survey of music therapists’ reported perceptions
Orii McDermott - Development and evaluation of the CHORD (CHOrus Research in Dementia) manual