Music therapy helps healing in hospital

March 16, 2012

Danielle Decosmo, a musician-in-residence for Arts in Medicine at UF&Shands, sings to Peggy Drummond, a patient in the bone marrow transplant unit.

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College of Medicine

Dean: Jennifer Hunt, MD, MEd, Interim

$456M

in total research and sponsored program funding
$176M

in NIH research awards
27

foundational science and clinical academic departments
3,000+

learners and trainees pursuing MD, PA, MS or PhD degrees and completing residency, fellowship and postdoctoral training
7

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