Jane Edwards
PhD MMus BMus RMT
Professor Jane Edwards is Course Director of the MA in Music Therapy at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. She is a Governor of the University of Limerick, and is the Guest Professor in Music Therapy at the University of the Arts in Berlin http://www.udk-berlin.de/
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Professor Edwards has published extensively in the field of music therapy research (Click here to view Professor Edwards publications since 2004). She is European Editor for the online journal Voices (www.voices.no). She was formerly a reviewer and assistant editor for the Australian Journal of Music Therapy. She has served on the editorial board of the American journal Music Therapy Perspectives for many years.
Professor Edwards has presented her work in many countries around the world including her original home in Australia, and at conferences, seminars, hospitals and universities in a number of countries including, New Zealand, Norway, USA, England, Denmark, Germany and Finland.
Initially Professor Edwards specialised in the field of mental health, including acute in-patient care and work with people who have dementia. She then developed a specialist role for music therapy work with children receiving care in a hospital. Currently she researches in the areas of music therapy development work and music therapy for parents and infants at-risk.
Contact Details:
Professor Jane Edwards
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Foundation Building,
University of Limerick,
Limerick, Ireland.
tel: +353-61-213122
fax: +353-61-202589
e-mail: jane.edwards@ul.ie
19 February, 2008
