Sun Sun Yap

Sun Sun Yap is a PhD Researcher at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She concurrently serves as a clinical music therapist at the neurological department of the University Hospital Tulln in Lower Austria and teaches on the Applied Health Sciences MSc programme at the University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria. Her research explores the relationship between self-reported therapy readiness and nonverbal/heart rate synchrony during music therapy interventions, aiming to inform personalized medicine approaches in neurological rehabilitation.

Education:

• MSc Health Sciences (Music Therapy) - University of Applied Sciences Krems
• BSc Health Sciences (Music Therapy) - University of Applied Sciences Krems
• BSc Banking & Finance - University of London

Research Interests:

• Music therapy applications in neurological rehabilitation
• Synchrony mechanisms in therapeutic interactions
• Chronobiological aspects of medical treatment optimization

Her work has been supported by the Science Call Dissertation 2019 grant from Lower Austria's government. She contributes to the Josef Ressel Zentrum research team and has published on empathy measurement tools for healthcare education.