Research Insights Webinar: Singing and Lung Health

Mette Kaasgaard, PhD, MSc is a classical singer and Postdoctoral researcher at Pulmonary Research Unit Zealand PLUZ, Zealand University Hospital Roskilde and Naestved, Naestved Hospital, Denmark.

Working with a team of 6 researchers, Mette's Randomised Control Trial asked 'How does a Singing for Lung Health intervention compare with physical exercise training in terms of short-term improvement of 6- Minute Walk Test in COPD patients attending pulmonary rehabilitation?' She presents her findings, and discusses the processes around setting up singing for health research programmes.

Mette Kaasgaard is a postdoc at Department of Regional Health Research at University of Southern Denmark with affiliation with Pulmonary Research Unit Zealand at Zealand University Hospital, Denmark. Currently, she is investigating the impact of singing in people with lung cancer. She defended her ph.d. in June 2022 entitled "Singing in Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)" which included both qualitative and mixed-methods…