Introduction. About the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy. About Neurologic Music Therapy

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1 Introduction About the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy About Neurologic Music Therapy

2 Research Associates Corene P. Thaut, MM, MT-BC, NMT Neurologic Music Therapy, Neurologic Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Ruth R. Rice, MS Physical Therapy, Neurologic Rehabilitation Neurologic Music Therapy Sarah B. Johnson, MM, MT-BC, NMT Clinical Supervision, Neurologic Music Therapy Graduate Research Assistants Masters Colleen Mueller Neurologic Music Therapy Affiliate Research Faculty Dr. Bill Davis Dr. Blythe LaGasse Barbara Thiem Dr. Jeff Gliner Dr. Mahmoud Azimi Dr. Ed Delosh Dr. Ed Dudek Dr. Matthew Malcolm Music Therapy Music Therapy Music Occupational Therapy Electrical Engineering Cognitive Psychology Neuroscience Occupational Therapy Visiting Scientists Wilfried Schicks Michael Schauer, Ph.D Klaus-Martin Stephan, MD Marco Molinari, MD, Ph.D Larry Parsons, Ph.D Volver Hoemberg, MD Jerome Sanes, PhD Biomedical Engineering, Dusseldorf University Cybernetics, Biomedical Engineering, Free University, Berlin Neurology, Dusseldorf University IRCCS, St. Lucia, Rome UTHSCSA, Neuro-imaging Center Neurology, Dusseldorf University Neuroscience, Brown University

3 About the Presenters Dr. Michael H. Thaut Michael H Thaut received his masters and PhD in music from Michigan State University. He is also a graduate of the Mozarteum Music Conservatory in Salzburg/Austria. At Colorado State University he is a Professor of Music and a Professor of Neuroscience and serves as CoDirector of the School of the Arts and Chairman of the Department of Music, Theater, and Dance since He has also directed the Center for Biomedical Research in Music for 10 years. He was a Visiting Professor of Music at the Mozarteum in 1985, and a Visiting Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor in He has also been a Visiting Scientist in Neurology at Duesseldorf University Medical School since 1995 and was recently appointed as Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences in the Department of Music Therapy. Dr. Thaut s internationally recognized research focuses on brain function in music, especially time information processing in the brain related to rhythmicity and biomedical applications of music to neurologic rehabilitation of cognitive and motor function. He received the National Research Award in 1993 and the National Service Award in 2001from the American Music Therapy Association. He has over 120 scientific publications and has authored and coauthored 3 books. His works have appeared in German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish language. Popular TV media and numerous print media have featured his research nationally and internationally. As a former professional violinist in the classic and folk genre he has recorded several recordings of chamber and folk music in the US and Germany and has toured in Europe extensively with folk bands and chamber groups. He is also the author of a landmark anthology of Northern European and American fiddle music. In 1995 his group Folk Chamber Ensemble played 3 invited concerts at the Northwest German Summer Music Festival entitled Folk Meets Classic. He continues to perform in small chamber and folk ensembles as time permits. Dr. James Gardiner A neuropsychologist at the Community Transitions brain injury rehabilitation center in Rapid City, South Dakota, Dr. Gardiner performs neuropsychological evaluations and teaches wellness classes on how to improve mental skills using musical and cognitive exercises. His education: a master's degree in speech from the University of Nebraska, a Ph.D. in speech-communication from Michigan State University, a Ph.D. in psychology from Utah State University, and a clinical psychology internship at the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Hospital. As an NMT-Fellow, he has developed music based cognitive treatments for neurological injuries, and for the past few years has conducted research on the effects of music on brain functioning. He lives in Rapid City with his wife. He has three adult sons and six grandchildren. Dr. Blythe LaGasse Dr. LaGasse received a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music in Music Therapy from Colorado State University. She completed her Doctoral Degree in Music Therapy at the University of Kansas. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and is Director of Music Therapy Clinical Practicum. Her clinical background includes working with persons with autism and developmental disabilities, with an emphasis in speech and language communication. She has contributed to several music therapy texts including An Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and Practice (3rd ed.) and Introduction to Approaches in Music Therapy (2nd ed.). Dr. LaGasse s research interests include the effect of auditory stimuli for motor synchronization in children and the use of music therapy for development of speech in children with neurological and developmental disabilities.

4 Gerald C. McIntosh, MD Dr. Gerald McIntosh, a neurologist and neurorehabilitation specialist, serves as the medical director for the Center for Biomedical Research. Dr. McIntosh currently has his own practice, Neurology Associates of Northern Colorado and is also affiliated with many local hospitals and clinics, including the Center for Neurorehabilitation Services, Poudre Valley Hospital, Medical Center of the Rockies and Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. McIntosh has published over 45 studies, several of which have been done in conjuction with the Center for Biomedical Research. In addition, Dr. McIntosh has served as an Ad Hoc Reviewer for the journal Neurology on multiple occasions and has been a clinical assistant professor at the University of Colorado in both neurology and family medicine. Ruth Rice, DPT Ruth Rice, Physical Therapist, has been involved with research on the effects of rhythm and music for neurological rehabilitation techniques for the last 20 years, and has also been a clinician treating orthopedic and neurological diagnoses for the last 22 years. Ruth received her Masters degree in Physical Therapy in 1988 and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in She has been a clinician at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins for the last 20 years and also is an instructor/facilitator for 3 Neurologic Music Therapy community exercise groups per week, she also continues with research projects with the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado States University. Corene P. Thaut Corene P. Thaut is a special assistant professor of music therapy in the Department of Music Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University. She has also been a research associate at The Center for Biomedical Research in Music since She worked as a Neurologic Music Therapist at the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University Medical School in Atlanta from and at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins from Her clinical experience has included work with stroke, Parkinson s Disease, traumatic brain injury, multiple schlerosis, Alzheimer s disease, and autism. She has served on the exam committee of the National Certification Board for Music Therapy (CBMT) as both a member and Committee Chair from , and is currently an elected member of the National Board of Directors (8 National Directors) for CBMT. She has also served as President and Vice President of the Midwestern Region of American Music Therapy Association. She has several research publications and three recent book chapters to her credit: Music Therapy in Pediatric Healthcare: Research and Evidence Based Practice (AMTA), An Introduction to Music Therapy (Davis, Gfeller, Thaut, 2008) and The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2009).

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