Anna Zumbansen
Anna Zumbansen
Assistant professor

2020: Postdoctorate Neurology, McGill University
2015: PhD Biomedical Sciences — Speech-Language Pathology, Université de Montréal
2009: Professional Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology (MPO), Université de Montréal
2005: Certificat de capacité d’orthophoniste (CCO), University de Tours
2005: BSc Linguistics, University de Tours

Room
LEE 416C


Biography

Anna Zumbansen received her clinical training in speech-language pathology in France and Canada. Before embarking on her research career, she worked for several years as a clinician specializing in voice disorders affecting professional and amateur singers, as well as in acquired neurological communication disorders. Her doctoral thesis focused on singing for the rehabilitation of aphasia. She has taught and supervised students in speech-language pathology in various universities in Canada and France. She joined the University of Ottawa in July 2020 and has co-directed the Institute for Research on Music and Health since 2021.

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Professor Zumbansen is accepting new students for thesis supervision.

Research interests

  • Group singing, health and well-being
  • Singers’ vocal health
  • Discourse (connected speech) analysis
  • Melodic intonation therapy
  • Non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS, TMS)

Research

Professor Zumbansen’s work focuses on the benefits of group singing on health and well-being, the investigation of voice disorders and the evaluation of communication disorders in connected speech. She has also conducted research into the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation on language rehabilitation after stroke.

Research affiliation: Music and Health Research Institute

Publications

See Anna Zumbansen’s publications on Google Scholar and ORCID.