Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo is in conversation with Dr. Jonathan Finder.  Dr. Finder is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a member of the division of pediatric pulmonology at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. In his spare time, he is a musician with many ties to the Memphis community. The conversation includes parallels between the practice of medicine and music-making, the use of music in healthcare, and...

Episode Notes In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Francisco D. Lara.  Dr. Lara is an ethnomusicologist and musician with pedagogical, research, and performance interest in the music and culture of Latin America, Afro-Latin America, and music, health, and wellness. He is on the faculty at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo continues the conversation with Stephen Johnson, a British author, BBC music broadcaster, and composer.  His recent book, How Shostakovich Changed My Mind, won the prestigious 2021 Rubery Book Award. Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror and talks about the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness.  He further reflects on his own experience, where he...

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo is in conversation with Dr. Lee Bartell.  Dr. Bartell is Professor Emeritus of Music and former Associate Dean-Research at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, and Founding Director of the Music and Health Research Collaboratory. In the past 10 years he has been pursuing a research agenda of sound and brain stimulation at Mount Sinai Hospital, Wasser Pain Management Centre and Women's College Hospital with pain...

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo is joined by Dr. Andrew Rosetti. Dr Rosetti is a music therapist on staff at the Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York City. There he supervises the multi-site music therapy program in radiology oncology. His practice extends to the infusion suite, surgery, and neonatal intensive care unit, and he specializes in treating emotional trauma. The conversation includes...

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo is in conversation with Stephen Johnson, a British author, BBC music broadcaster, and composer.  His recent book, How Shostakovich Changed My Mind, won the prestigious 2021 Rubery Book Award. Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror, and talks about the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness.  He further reflects on his own experience, where he believes...

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo speaks to Professor Nigel Osborne MBE.  Professor Osborne is a British composer, teacher, and aid worker. He served as Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh and has also taught at Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media.  Professor Osborne is known for his extensive charity work supporting war traumatised children using music therapy techniques, especially in the Balkans during the Bosnian War in the 90s,...

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo is joined by Dr. Joanne Loewy.  Dr. Loewy is the founding Director of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, and the Editor in Chief of the international, peer-reviewed journal Music and Medicine.  Dr Loewy has edited several books including Music Therapy in Pediatric Pain, Music Therapy in the NICU and she co-edited Music Therapy at End of Life,  Caring for the Caregiver:...

Episode Notes In this episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo speaks to Professor Michael Trimble.  Professor Trimble is a neuroscientist who was for many years a Professor of Behavioral Neurology and Consultant Physician to the Department of Psychological Medicine at the National Hospital Queen Square, London, where he now holds emeritus status.  He has written thirteen books, including Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain (Oxford University Press, 2014) and the...

Episode Notes In the third episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo is joined by the neuroscientist Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya and the violinist Dr. Ayako Yonetani as they explore how music impacts brain function and human behavior. The discussion includes an overview of topics such as reducing pain and symptoms of depression, mitigating the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, and the use of music in cancer care. Dr. Sugaya and Dr. Yonetani are both professors at the University of Central Florida...

Episode Notes In the second episode of Music and Medicine, Žak Ozmo speaks to Martina de Witte about the use of music in alleviating stress.  The program is illustrated with music that can both aid – and cause you – stress!  Martina de Witte is a lecturer and researcher in Music Therapy and Research Methodology at the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Her research focuses on the effects and applicability of music therapy...

Episode Notes In the inaugural episode of Music & Medicine, Žak Ozmo speaks to Dr. Remi Chiu about the similarities between historical plagues and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the role of music in the healing process. The program is sprinkled with music that heals our body and regulates our mood! Dr. Chiu is Associate Professor of Renaissance Music History, Musicology and Core Music at Loyola University Maryland and is the author of the book titled Plague and Music in the...