About Our Center
The Center for Music and Medicine is a network of initiatives taking place across The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Our work spans research, clinical care and education and encompass a dual mission: making music and rhythm an integral part of neurological illness treatment and improving the health of musicians worldwide.
Our Mission
Developing music- and rhythm-based therapies that improve patients' quality of life and address symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, autism and other conditions.
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Discovering and treating the underlying causes of health issues affecting musicians.
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Developing musical activities for the personal and professional training and development of healthcare providers at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Center for Music & Medicine in the News
- Using Only 'Brain Recordings' From Patients, Scientists Reconstruct a Pink Floyd Song | HealthDay
- How Music Therapy is Changing People’s Lives | Reader's Digest Canada
- Blend of science and art improving neurological health | PBS Newshour
- Ask the MD: Music Therapy and Parkinson’s | The Michael J. Fox Foundation
- The Healing Power of Music | WYPR
- The Rhythm of Healthier Aging | Center for Innovative Medicine
- Music Is Often a Better Medicine | Quality Management in Health Care
- Music Therapy Can Be Just What the Doctor Ordered | Parkinson's News Today
- Music Underlies This Neurologist's Life on the Job and Off | NeurologyToday
- Peabody's SmartGuitar Prototype Prevents Injury by Alerting Musicians When They Strum Too Strongly | Johns Hopkins Magazine
- Music a Potent Therapy for Parkinson's Sufferers | WYPR
- Music Therapy for Dementia Patients | Neurology Minute
- He was the ‘Golden Throat’ of Cox Radio. Until the day he woke up and couldn’t speak | The Washington Post
- Music and Medicine: Finding Harmony | Johns Hopkins University
- Advances Help Musicians with Repetitive Stress Injuries Continue to Play | Baltimore Sun
- A Noteworthy Endeavor | Hopkins Medicine
- Johns Hopkins Partners with Peabody Institute to Increase Patient Engagement Through Music | FierceHealthcare
- Emerging Hopkins Center Harmonizing Music and Medicine | Baltimore Sun
- Studying Music as the Prescription | Johns Hopkins Magazine