Dr Jonathan Pool

Senior Research Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research

As well as being a music therapist, Jonathan is a clinical supervisor and researcher specialising in neurorehabilitation and neurological populations. He trained as a music therapist and then as a researcher at Anglia Ruskin University.

Jonathan was awarded his PhD in 2013 for his research in brief group music therapy for cognitive functional gains and emotional needs of adult brain injury survivors in community neurorehabilitation.

Jonathan’s clinical work includes developing interdisciplinary interventions for people with acquired brain injury and their families. As a researcher, he is dedicated to developing evidence on the use of music and music therapy in assessment and intervention for people affected by neurological impairments and diseases.