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Katrien Foubert serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Development and Regeneration within KU Leuven's Faculty of Medicine. She coordinates the Music Therapy unit at Leuven Woman and Child while maintaining dual affiliations with the School of Arts (Associated Faculty) and research centers including the Leuven Centre for Health Humanities (LCH²) and KU Leuven Brain Institute (LBI). Her institutional roles extend to membership in the Departmental Council of Development and Regeneration as senior academic staff.
Dr. Foubert's research centers on music therapy applications for mental health across developmental stages, with specialization in improvisational techniques for autistic populations, child/adolescent resilience, and interpersonal trust frameworks. Her work bridges clinical practice with health humanities, examining social-emotional development through musical interventions while integrating neuroscience perspectives from her LBI affiliation. Key methodological innovations include photovoice documentation and cross-border knowledge exchange initiatives.
Analysis of her 2024 publications reveals three dominant trajectories: 1) Clinical frameworks for trust and aggression management in therapeutic relationships, 2) Technology-health-music convergence through projects like "Sonic Frontiers", and 3) Family-system interventions focusing on sibling dynamics in developmental disorders. These outputs demonstrate consistent emphasis on evidence-based practice development within European mental healthcare contexts.
Dr. Foubert currently leads five major research projects including "The Art of Resilience" (2024-2028) exploring musical approaches to adolescent resilience, "Inhibition/Interval" (2023-2027) developing autotheoretical performance methodologies, and longitudinal studies on ASD interventions. Her grant portfolio reflects sustained funding for music therapy applications in intellectual disabilities, autism, and mental healthcare systems across Flanders and the Netherlands.
As coordinator of Leuven's Music Therapy unit within the Woman and Child division, she directs clinical operations while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration through the Leuven Centre for Health Humanities. Her leadership in the International Conference on Improvisation in Music Therapy demonstrates active engagement in shaping global research standards for the field.