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Edward A. Roth (2000)
Music Therapy

B.M. Western Michigan
M.M. Colorado State

He has made presentations regionally, nationally, and internationally, most recently at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD), Ramon Llull University (Barcelona, Spain), and Oxford University (England).

His publications appear in both music therapy and other science or health related journals, including the World Congress of Music Therapy Book Abstracts (2002), Nordic Journal of Music Therapy (2004), and The Case Manager: the Official Journal of the Medical Case Management Society of America (2004).

He has worked in several clinical settings with clients in various neurological, physical, and psychiatric diagnostic categories. While working as a teaching and research assistant at the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University, he led music therapy and counseling groups for adolescents diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and acute anxiety disorders from Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Prior clinical experiences include service as a music therapist at Blythedale Children's Hospital (Westchester, NY), University of Michigan Medical Center (Ann Arbor), and Bronson and Borgess Medical Centers (Kalamazoo).

At WMU he is coordinator of clinical studies in music therapy. He is a member of the American Music Therapy Association and the New York Academy of Sciences, and he is certified by the Certification Board for Music Therapists.

Email: edward.roth@wmich.edu