Join Felicity Baker, Joke Bradt and Catherine Carr to learn about the International Music Therapy Clinical Trials Network (IMTCTnet). IMTCTnet has been established with the primary aim of advancing the field of music therapy by facilitating the planning, implementation, and dissemination of high-quality clinical trials.
Conducting trials can be challenging, involving substantial costs and demanding specialized skills. Furthermore, many music therapists and their institutions face challenges in allocating time and resources to initiate and lead such trials.
Felicity, Joke and Catherine will discuss how the IMTCTnet helps to fosters collaboration, knowledge sharing, and support for those interested in conducting clinical trials in music therapy.
About the speakers:
Professor Felicity Baker is Associate Dean Research for the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and Director, International Research Partnerships for the Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit at The University of Melbourne and former Australia Research Council Future Fellow (2011-2015). She has attracted more than $18 million in research funding and is the author of over 150 publications. Her latest book is Leadership and Management of Clinical Trials in the Creative Arts Therapies, which is the first book to provide guidance on clinical trial implementation in this field.
Dr Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC is Professor and Director of the PhD program in Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University. She is a board-certified music therapist and her federally funded research program has focused on the development and testing of music therapy interventions for chronic pain and symptom management. She has completed several NIH-funded music therapy clinical trials for chronic pain. She is the co-PI on a large comparative-effectiveness trial funded by PCORI to compare the effects of virtual music therapy with virtual CBT on anxiety in cancer survivors. She is the lead author of several Cochrane Systematic Reviews on music interventions with medical patients. Finally, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy from 2015-2023.
Dr Catherine Carr, PhD PGDip, initially studied Music Technology at the University of York, before training as a music therapist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She undertook an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship at Queen Mary University of London which focused upon modelling of processes and outcomes of intensive group music therapy for acute adult psychiatric inpatients. Since then, Catherine has completed a number of studies funded by an NIHR Clinical Lectureship and a further study on group songwriting for chronic depression (SYNCHRONY study), funded by NIHR Research for Patient Benefit. In 2019, she completed an NIHR Clinical Trials Fellowship and is now leading a multicentre trial, funded by the NIHR HTA programme in collaboration with East London NHS Foundation Trust. Catherine continues to work as a music therapist in the NHS and is currently a music therapist in Mental Health Care for Older People’s services in East London NHS Foundation Trust, where she provides group and individual music therapy, alongside staff psychological supervision. Catherine is currently training in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery in Music and has completed training in Music Imagery methods.
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