J. Matt McCrary

Discipline: 
Researcher
Organization/Affiliation (no abbreviation): 
Hannover Medical School
Location: 
30625 Hannover
Germany
Short biography and a description of your interest(s) in music and health: 
Researcher integrating a unique multidisciplinary background and expertise (see below) towards the generation of easily translatable (e.g. to policy/practice) quantitative insights regarding the impact of music engagement on non-communicable disease incidence and risk factors.

Domains of expertise/experience
-- Public health/policy - Postdoc, EU Commission CAN.HEAL consortium
-- Music physiology - Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine (Germany); Fulbright Postgraduate Fellow, Elite Music Performance Laboratory, University of Sydney (Australia)
-- Exercise physiology - Postdoc, UNSW Sydney Prince of Wales Clinical School (Australia); BS University of Michigan
-- Biomedical science - PhD, University of Sydney
-- Music performance -- BFA Jazz Studies (drums & percussion), University of Michigan
Collaboration Interests: 
--Quantitative epidemiological research (self-report; wearables)
--Short- and long-term autonomic nervous system mechanisms of music's health impact