Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang

Researcher, Music Therapist, Educator. Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSF. Researching the intersections of music, culture, and health & well-being

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Attended the Pediatric Pain Masterclass at @UCSF this past week. So glad to see familiar faces & reconnect. A key takeaway: pediatric pain management works best when it's multimodal, with integrative medicine & creative arts therapies playing an important role from the start! 🎶

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Calling for more culturally responsive & sustaining research in musical care.

Read more here: https://t.co/0ROOrVvtmQ

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Out today in @Music_Science_J! 🎶📘 In this paper, I propose a cultural approach to musical care—arguing that aligning cultural meanings, psychological processes, music practices, and health goals (“cultural match”) can strengthen music-based interventions.

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2026 is off to a great start! 🎉 Excited to share my new open-access publication in @PLOSONE! 🎶 This study examines how our sense of self (self-construal) influences the pleasure (musical reward) we get from listening to our favourite music. Read it here: https://t.co/KxVKqGjQMc

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What a New Year’s surprise! 🎉 My paper was published on New Year’s Eve - thrilled to see it out in the Open Access Journal of Southeast Asian Psychology, highlighting participants from Singapore. A wonderful way to end & start the year! ✨ Read it here: https://t.co/7YFArqzmFw

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Grateful for all the opportunities this past year has brought—projects explored, lessons learned, relationships strengthened, and new ones formed. Looking ahead with curiosity and care. Happy New Year! ✨

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Celebrate the Rockin’ Holiday with @UCSFChildrens Creative Arts! 🎶✨ A joyful reminder of how music and the creative arts can bring connection and comfort during the holidays. Check it out here: https://t.co/oRiLnZDT4J #CreativeArts #MusicForHealing #musictherapy

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Recently presented on the healing power of music at the @ucsfoshercenter with my mentor Julene Johnson 🎶 We discussed the importance of cultural considerations to harness music's healing potential in more culturally sustaining ways. Grateful for the opportunity & connections!

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It’s been a whirlwind of events this week! Grateful to end it with a Clinical Music Research Exchange 🎶 Refreshing to reconnect with the amazing music therapists at @UCSFChildrens and to learn about the music research happening across @UCSF. Looking forward to collaborating!

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Started this past week with the AccelNet workshop on movement, music & brain health. A fantastic learning opportunity about tech innovations in studying music 🎶, dance 💃 & the brain 🧠. Grateful for the presentations and new connections. Excited for the new collaborations!

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Thrilled to share our new publication in @APADivision10! 🎶 Huge thanks to my wonderful collaborators for making this possible. Our paper explores how culture shapes emotions felt with favorite music and their implications for arts & health. Read it here: https://t.co/n0aDor2ZAl

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Congrats to @BerkleeCollege on 30 years of Music Therapy! 🎉 So glad to attend this special event, reconnect with teachers and friends, and celebrate the incredible impact of music therapy. Excited for the future ahead! 🎶

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You can read the full paper here: https://t.co/767IreiOia

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Thank you to Prof White for this beautiful summary of my paper in Psychology Today! 🙏🎶 Check it out here: https://t.co/7xu87mcJzH

Keep an eye out for my upcoming related paper on the emotions people experience when listening to their favorite music. Coming out soon!

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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Shoutout to @UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs for everything that you do for us :) #ucsfnpaw2025

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First time attending & presenting at #ESCoP2025 in Sheffield! 🎶 I shared my research on how culture shapes the emotions we perceive & feel in favorite music, and its links to creativity. Grateful to @renee_timmers for the invite & the chance to network with scholars worldwide!

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Attended the Education in Palliative & End-of-Life Care (EPEC) for Pediatrics training at @UCSF a couple of weeks ago. Grateful to deepen my knowledge in #pediatric #palliativecare and learn how to teach this important content alongside dedicated clinicians 🌱

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More than a month ago, I started my #postdoc at @UCSF! 🎶 Grateful to Laura & Greg Perloff for supporting this fellowship. Looking forward to working with @NoNeedlessPain, Julene Johnson, Sheri Robb & the music therapy teams at @UCSFChildrens on #pediatricpain & #palliativecare.

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Hot off the press! 📄 My new publication from my doctoral research is out! Big thanks to Edison Tan, Shen Li, @Neuro_Ceutical & Chi-Ying Cheng; grateful to Nikki Dibben, @renee_timmers & @WRoCAH for their support! #MusicPsychology #CrossCulturalResearch

https://t.co/ozQgLNzBGW