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Ming Hung Hsu is Professor of Music Therapy in the Department of Music Pedagogy and Music Therapy and the Centre for Research in Music and Health (CREMAH). His work focuses on dementia and healthy ageing, especially how music therapy can support people living with dementia, their families and professional caregivers. His research spans home, care home and hospital settings and has received funding from NIHR, UKRI, Innovate UK and charitable foundations. Ming has more than 15 years of clinical experience in dementia care and previously led a national music therapy service in UK care homes. He is also a Visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University.
Areas of expertise
- Music therapy in dementia care and healthy ageing
- Co-design and co-production of psychosocial interventions
- Clinical trials and mixed methods research
- Leadership and implementation of music therapy services
Selected publications (2025)
- Bloska, J., Wollersberger, N., Pasqualitto, F., & Hsu, M. H. (2025). Music therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey exploring short-term impact on the profession.
- Street, A., Fernie, P., Fachner, J. C., San Vito, P. D. C., Farina, N., Hsu, M. H., … & Miranda, E. R. (2025). RadioMe: an automated home-based radio, music playlist and diary reminder system.
- Kenny, K., Odell-Miller, H., Kabir, R., & Hsu, M. H. (2025). A systematic review of how quality of care for care home residents living with dementia is defined and operationalised in research.
- Thompson, N., Odell-Miller, H., Pointon, C., Underwood, B. R., Wolverson, E., Hunt, R., … & Hsu, M. H. (2025). MELODIC: A feasibility study to inform a future trial of music therapy in dementia inpatient care.
- Kenny, K., Odell-Miller, H., & Hsu, M. H. (2025). Exploring the meaning of and barriers to quality of care for people living with dementia: A qualitative study.
- Thompson, N., Hunt, R., Odell-Miller, H., Olawale, A., Pickering, L., Pointon, C., … & Hsu, M. H. (2025). Experiences and management of distress and the use of music, including music therapy, on NHS inpatient dementia wards.
- Crabtree, S., Baker, F. A., Bukowska, A. A., Hsu, M. H., Kvamme, T., McMahon, K., … & Tamplin, J. (2025). Exploring the use of musical activities in home-based dementia care as part of the HOMESIDE study.
- Crabtree, S., Hsu, M. H., Pool, J., & Odell-Miller, H. (2025). Music therapists’ use of singing, listening, playing instruments and movement with music to improve cognition and reduce neuropsychiatric symptoms.