Senior Research Fellow, Music Therapy, Anglia Ruskin University
Since 2008, Ming has developed a music therapy service in care homes, winning the LaingBuisson Excellence in Dementia Care award. In 2019, the service featured in the BBC TV programme, Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure.
Ming’s research focuses on music therapy for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. His research applies heart-rate analyses, cognitive theories and research findings of affective neuroscience in music therapy treatment.
Ming’s research interests are mainly within the field of senior and dementia care. By conducting mixed-methods research, Ming studies the role of music therapists in personalising dementia care and supporting caregivers. In addition, Ming is interested in using psychophysiological techniques such as heart rate analysis to investigate how melody, tempo and timbre facilitates targeted cognitive processes and emotion regulation.
Ming is currently working on the UK arm of the international trial study HOMESIDE, funded by Alzheimer’s Society.