Jayne M. Standley, Ph.D., MT-BC is a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor at Florida State University with appointments in the Colleges of Music and Medicine. Her research emphases are medical music therapy and music therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She is Director of the National Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy and initiated the Early Notes Network. Widely published in international music therapy and medical journals, Dr. Standley is the recipient of the first Music Therapy Research and Special Projects Award granted by the World Federation of Music Therapy.