Betsey Zenk Nuseibeh, MM, MEd, MT-BC
Predoctoral Fellow
Program: Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and Control (NCI T32)
Faculty Advisor: Sheri L. Robb, PhD, MT-BC
Betsey is a predoctoral research fellow building a program of research at the intersection of cancer survivorship, stress reduction and music therapy. She is interested in how the reduction of stress through active participation in music can affect feelings of loneliness for cancer survivors.
Betsey has worked in the field of music and music therapy for 20 years. In 2008 Betsey founded the Cincinnati-based non-profit, Melodic Connections. She spent the next 12 years building a team of music therapists, music educators and musicians at Melodic Connections. Together they created partnerships with key institutions in the city like the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Public Schools. In 2020, 2021 and 2022 she has been a regular speaker at professional conferences, conceptualizing the intersection of music and resilience for the practitioner.
Betsey received her BM in Music Therapy from the University of Iowa. She has an MM in Oboe Performance from University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music and her MEd from University of Cincinnati in Special Education.