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Mette Kaasgaard is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. She holds a PhD focused on Singing Pulmonary Rehabilitation for individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), completed at Aarhus University. Her research investigates how singing can provide clinically relevant, health-promoting benefits by exploring the physiological and psychosocial parameters in patients with respiratory diseases. Kaasgaard has a strong background in multidisciplinary clinical research, with an emphasis on rigorously-driven, quantitatively-based studies. Her notable work includes a large-scale randomized controlled trial that examined the effects of singing training during a 10-week pulmonary rehabilitation program involving 270 participants. This work was published in the European Respiratory Journal, and she received the 1st prize for Best Clinical Trials in 2023. Currently, her research focus has expanded to include the efficacy and underlying mechanisms of singing interventions for lung diseases. Mette Kaasgaard has been actively engaged in theoretical studies and international collaborations. She serves as an Assistant Professor at Zealand University Hospital and has ongoing projects related to singing and respiratory health.
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