Jeanette Tamplin

Associate Professor Jeanette Tamplin PhD, M.Mus, B.Mus (Hons), RMT, serves as Head of Music Therapy and Associate Dean for Student Wellbeing in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. She is also a Senior Music Therapist at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre within Austin Health. With more than 25 years of professional experience in the field of neurorehabilitation, Tamplin coordinates and collaborates with several research teams. Her academic career includes generating over AUD$5 million in competitive grant funding. She held the NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Fellowship from 2016 to 2019 and was awarded the University of Melbourne Chancellor's Prize for excellence in her PhD thesis. Tamplin served as President of the Australian Music Therapy Association from 2020 to 2024 and was honored as an Honorary Life Member in 2025. Her team was a finalist in the 2017 National Disability Awards for innovative music therapy research.

Tamplin's research specializations encompass the therapeutic effects of singing on respiratory function and communication, speech and language rehabilitation, therapeutic songwriting, telehealth applications in music therapy, and psychosocial coping and adjustment following neurological injury or illness, particularly in populations with traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, and dementia. She has co-edited the book 'Music and Dementia: From Cognition to Therapy' published by Oxford University Press and co-authored 'Music Therapy Methods in Neurorehabilitation: A Clinician’s Manual' from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Tamplin contributes regularly to international and interdisciplinary refereed journals and has authored chapters in several edited volumes on music therapy. She is frequently invited to deliver presentations on her research at national and international conferences and fora, contributing significantly to the advancement of music therapy practices in clinical and rehabilitation settings.

Professional Email: jeanette.tamplin@unimelb.edu.au