Happy to stay connected on my other socials! 😊

PSA: Sadly, my X/Twitter account has been hacked & I’m unable to regain access. Guess I won’t be using that anymore! 😮‍💨 If you see any suspicious posts from it (from 11 Feb 2026 onward), please know they’re not from me. You can find my updated links here: linktr.ee/jayteetang

Attended the Pediatric Pain Masterclass at UCSF this past week. So glad to see familiar faces & reconnect. A key takeaway: pediatric pain management works best when it's multimodal, with integrative medicine & creative arts therapies playing an important role from the start! 🎶

A Cultural Approach to Musical Care: Theoretical Perspectives and Future Directions - Jonathan Tang, 2026 In this article, I introduce a cultural approach to musical care by situating health, well-being, and music engagement within specific cultural meaning systems....

Calling for more culturally responsive & sustaining research in musical care.

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Out today in Music & Science! 🎶📘 In this paper, I propose a cultural approach to musical care—arguing that aligning cultural meanings, psychological processes, music practices, and health goals (“cultural match”) can strengthen music-based interventions.

2026 is off to a great start! 🎉 Excited to share my new open-access publication in @plosone.org! 🎶 This study examines how our sense of self (self-construal) influences the pleasure (musical reward) we get from listening to our favourite music. Read it here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

What a New Year’s surprise! 🎉 My paper was published on New Year’s Eve - thrilled to see it out in the Open Access Journal of Southeast Asian Psychology, highlighting participants from Singapore. A wonderful way to end and start the year! ✨ Read it here: doi.org/10.51200/sap...

Grateful for all the opportunities this past year has brought—projects explored, lessons learned, relationships strengthened, and new ones formed. Looking ahead with curiosity and care. Happy New Year! ✨

Rockin’ Holiday with Music Therapy — Creative Arts Therapy at UCSF We are so excited to share this year’s holiday video with you! We wish you all peace, love, joy, and ♫ a Rockin’ Holiday ♫.

Celebrate the Rockin’ Holiday with @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Creative Arts! 🎶✨ A joyful reminder of how music and the creative arts can bring connection and comfort during the holidays. Check it out here: www.bchcreativearts.org/blog/rockin-... #CreativeArts #MusicForHealing #musictherapy

Recently presented on the healing power of music at the @ucsfoshercenter.bsky.social with my mentor Julene Johnson 🎶 We discussed the importance of cultural considerations to harness music's healing potential in more culturally sustaining ways. Grateful for the opportunity & connections made!

It’s been a whirlwind of events this week! Grateful to end it with a Clinical Music Research Exchange 🎶 Refreshing to reconnect with the amazing music therapists at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social and to learn about the music research happening across UCSF. Looking forward to collaborating!

Started this past week with the AccelNet workshop on movement, music & brain health. A fantastic learning opportunity about tech innovations in studying music 🎶, dance 💃 & the brain 🧠. Grateful for the presentations and new connections. Excited for the new collaborations!

Thrilled to share our new publication in Aesthetics, Creativity & the Arts! 🎶 Huge thanks to my wonderful collaborators for making this possible. Our paper explores how culture shapes emotions felt with favorite music and their implications for arts & health. Read it here: doi.org/10.1037/aca0...

Congrats to Berklee on 30 years of Music Therapy! 🎉 So glad to attend this special event, reconnect with teachers and friends, and celebrate the incredible impact of music therapy. Excited for the future ahead! 🎶

You can read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1177/00220221251355202

How Culture Influences Your Preference for Emotions in Music A new study found that a person’s cultural upbringing predicts not only their music preferences but also the emotions expressed—positive or negative—in their favorite songs.

Thank you to Prof White for this beautiful summary of my paper in Psychology Today! 🙏🎶 Check it out here: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...

Keep an eye out for my upcoming related paper on the emotions people experience when listening to their favorite music. Coming out soon!

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Shoutout to UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs for everything that you do for us :) #ucsfnpaw2025

First time attending & presenting at #ESCoP2025 in Sheffield! 🎶 I shared my research on how culture shapes the emotions we perceive & feel in favorite music, and its links to creativity. Grateful to Renee for the invite & the chance to network with scholars worldwide!

Attended the Education in Palliative & End-of-Life Care (EPEC) for Pediatrics training at UCSF a couple of weeks ago. Grateful to deepen my knowledge in #pediatric #palliativecare and learn how to teach this important content alongside dedicated clinicians 🌱

More than a month ago, I started my #postdoc at UCSF! 🎶 Grateful to Laura & Greg Perloff for supporting this fellowship. Looking forward to working with @noneedlesspain.bsky.social, Julene Johnson, Sheri Robb & the music therapy teams at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social on #pediatricpain & #palliativecare

Hot off the press! 📄 My new publication from my doctoral research is out! Big thanks to Edison Tan, Shen Li, @neuroceutical.bsky.social & Chi-Ying Cheng; grateful to Nikki Dibben, Renee Timmers & WRoCAH for their support! #MusicPsychology #CrossCulturalResearch

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Incredibly grateful for the support I received from #WRoCAH throughout my doctoral studies! 🙏 A huge thank you to Jo, Clare, @danelawdawn.bsky.social, James, and Dina for their encouragement - it made all the difference 😊 #phdlife #gratitude

Thank you very much and do keep in touch!!

I’ve truly enjoyed my PhD journey at @sheffielduni.bsky.social @musicpsychshef.bsky.social! 🎓🎶 Grateful to my amazing supervisors, Nikki Dibben & Renee Timmers, for their guidance, support & inspiration throughout this research adventure. Excited for what's next! #PhDLife #MusicPsychology

Thrilled to share my paper on ethical considerations in international service-learning in music therapy, now published! 🙏Grateful to Sanna & Taru for editing this special issue. Let's keep striving to be the most ethical versions of ourselves.
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Ran a fun workshop in May for the public & Singapore Poly's Media, Arts & Design School on leading effective community music groups! 🎶 Great to also team up with SMU Espressivo, who shared their amazing work with AphasiaSG. Glad that #artsandhealth is growing in Singapore!

SEMPRE was a blast! 🎶 Huge thanks to the organisers for an inspiring conference. Grateful to receive the Aubrey Hickman Award & present my paper. Loved reconnecting with colleagues & meeting new peeps—so many great conversations! 🙌

Excited for #SEMPRE2025 at RNCM tomorrow! If you're going, let's connect :)

Attended a thought-provoking workshop by justaddwater last Thursday on “Is too much care bad for business?” 💭 Enjoyed the play & storytelling — and left reflecting on what appropriate #care looks like in my work with others. Grateful for the insights & connections!

Last week, I attended a conference on musical creativity & AI 🎶🤖 Learned so much about tech in music performance and met brilliant researchers at the cutting edge. Left with big thoughts on tech’s role in music research & therapeutic applications! #musicAI