Mette Kaasgaard

Assistant Professor, PhD, M.Sc. Digital Design and Communication, Diploma Graduate, Classical Singing and Singing Pedagogy

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In my research, I investigate singing as a potential means to provide clinically relevant, health-promoting benefits on both physiological and psychosocial parameters for people with respiratory diseases. I specialise in multidisciplinary clinical research with main focus on quantitatively-based, rigorously-driven research. 
 
During my PhD, I investigated the effects of singing as a training modality in a large-scale RCT (n=270) within 10 weeks' pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with use of the best-practice methodological approach, "Singing for Lung Health". Main results were published in the European Respiratory Journal (Impact Factor 24.3) and the overall trial was awarded 1st prize in the celebration of "Best clinical trials of the year 2023". 
 
Subsequently, I have expanded my research focus to further clinical research in lung diseases, specifically focusing on the efficacy and underpinning mechanisms, which also includes the establishing of a dual-centre physiological lab facility for the preparation of further clinical studies. 
 
Moreover, I am engaged in several systematic, critically-focused, theoretical studies, based on national and international collaborations.   

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Singing in Pulmonary Rehabilitation for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University

Award Date: 10. Jun 2022

M.Sc., Digital Communication and Design - Digital Experiences and Art, IT University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 19. Dec 2014

Diploma Graduate Degree (5 years' training), Classical Singing and Singing Pedagogy, The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium

Award Date: 20. Dec 2003

Current external positions

Assistant Professor, Zealand University Hospital

1. Mar 2024 → …

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