Personalized music listening for assisted living residents with dementia

Episode 24

Winston Liu, BS, Duke Univ.

Winston Liu, BS is an MD/PhD student at the Duke University School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 2015 with a degree in bioengineering. He recently joined the Bohórquez Laboratory for his PhD training, and he is dissecting a neural circuit that transduces sensory cues from gut luminal microbes to brain areas that control behavior. During his first two years of medical school, he helped to develop a personalized music listening program for assisted living residents with dementia. Winston aims to become an independent physician-scientist focused on the interactions between our mind and other organ systems.

 

References:

Kelly Murphy MD, Winston Liu BS, et al, "Implementation of personalized music listening for assisted living residents with dementia", Geriatric Nursing, 2018
Cohen, Dan MSW "More Music, Fewer Meds", AMDA 2016 Conference
CDC.gov
American Music Therapy Association
Linda Gerdner, Stanford geriatric education center