Julian O’Kelly
Aalborg University, Denmark
Biography
Julian O’Kelly over the last fifteen years has worked in palliative care and neurorehabilitation as a music therapist, manager, educator and researcher. In addition to his research, he is a member in the expert panel regarding brain injuries at the "NHS National AHP Clinical Expert Database", an active participant in the "Society for Research Rehabilitation" and coordinator of the "Music Therapy Neurology Jiscmail Internet Forum", and is a regular active participant at international symposia and conferences. While working as a PhD Mobility Fellow at Aalborg University he published several peer-reviewed papers in the research area of his dissertation. The thesis examines the effects of music therapy on patients with impaired consciousness. The scientific papers gained considerable interest in the fields of health sciences and neuroscience leading to invitations to symposia in the US, Canada and throughout Europe in order to showcase his results. More recently, he has combined his fellowship with new roles as invited Associate Editor of a research topic with Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ‘Dialogues in music therapy and music neuroscience’, and Clinical Services Manager for Chroma, supporting the development of Arts Therapies across the UK.