Dr Imogen Clark is a Lecturer and Research Fellow in Music Therapy at the University of Melbourne. Her lecturing role specialises in the development and delivery of curriculum for domestic and international blended learning students.
Dr Clark has coordinated various research projects focussing on music therapy for older adults including experimental trials, systematic reviews, psychometric testing, interpretative phenomenological analysis, and thematic analysis, and has published widely in peer reviewed music therapy, medical, and allied health journals. Her PhD dissertation by publication, conferred in October 2016, investigated music to support physical activity in older adults with health conditions and was awarded the La Trobe University Nancy Millis Award for thesis of exceptional merit. As further evidence of her emerging status as a researcher, Dr Clark was awarded the Hazel Hawke Dementia Australia grant in 2018 to investigate the effects of songwriting on the health and wellbeing of families living with dementia. She is a Chief Investigator on two NHMRC Boosting Dementia Grants (APP1137853, APP1169867) led by Professor Felicity Baker investigating music therapy interventions for people living with dementia. As a clinician working predominantly with older adults and people in rehabilitation, Dr Clark has held various positions including at Eastern Health, Austin Health, Eastern Palliative Care, and St Vincent’s Health. Dr Clark is the current Editor in Chief for the Australian Journal of Music Therapy (AJMT).
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FEATURED Journal article
HOMESIDE: home-based family caregiver-delivered music and reading interventions for people living with dementia: protocol of a randomised controlled trial
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Music Therapy Interventions For Dementia: Cluster Randomised Control Trial
Research Grant
Treatment Fidelity in a Music Therapy Multi-site Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial for P..
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Therapeutic Songwriting To Support Relationship Quality Among Community Dwelling People Li..
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Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and sta..
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Remini-Sing: A Feasibility Study of Therapeutic Group Singing to Support Relationship Qual..
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Community-Dwelling People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers Experience Enha..
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Projects
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JPND-NHMRC Multinational research on health and Social Care for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Project title: Home-side: A HOME-based Spousal caregiver-delivered music Intervention for people living with DEmentia: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Baker (CI), Stensæth Odell-Miller, Wosch, Bukowska, Davidson, Braat, Sousa, Tamplin, Clark, Lee, Clarke. Awarded €2,430,944 total; $700,000 in Australia. October 2018.
Dementia Australia Research Foundation: Hazel Hawke Dementia Care Fellowship. Project title: Therapeutic songwriting to support relationship quality among community dwelling people living with dementia and their family caregivers: A proof of concept randomised controlled trial. Clark (CI), Baker, Tamplin, Lee. Awarded $50,000. May 2017.
NHMRC – Boosting Dementia Research Grants, Round 1 – Implementation of Dementia Research into Clinical Practice and Care. Project title: Music therapy interventions for dementia: Cluster randomised control trial. Baker (CI), Gold, Ridder, Tamplin, Clark. Awarded
DAAD Australian-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme. Project title: Therapeutic songwriting for people with dementia and their family caregivers. Baker (CI), Wosch, Tamplin, Clark, Lee. Awarded $24,000. May 2016.
La Trobe University Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Research Focus Grant – Pilot Project. Project title: Participant-selected music and physical activity in older adults following cardiac rehabilitation. Taylor (CI), Clark. Awarded $24,200. July 2014.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Nancy Millis award for excellence in research
PhD Scholarship
Dementia Australia Research Foundation - 2018 Hazel Hawke Fellowship in Dementia Care
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer In Music (Music Therapy)
Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music
Registered Music Therapist
Australian Music Therapy Association
Education
Education
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
La Trobe University
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN UNIVERSITY TEACHING
University of Melbourne
MUSIC THERAPY
University of Melbourne
SCIENCE NURSING
Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences