International Health Humanities Network Membership

Yoon Irons

Yoon is a research fellow at the Health and Social Care Research Centre, University of Derby. Yoon studied and worked in South Korea, Germany, Australia and the UK. Her research area is participatory arts for health and wellbeing. She has been conducting research projects on the potential benefits of singing for people with long-term health conditions and disabilities, such as Cystic Fibrosis, chronic pain, Parkinson’s, stroke and spinal cord injury. Yoon has presented her research at national and international conferences; published in international peer-reviewed journals, including Cochrane Systematic Reviews.

Humanities Subjects

  • Creativity
  • Music

Health Care Areas

  • Allied health professions
  • Community health
  • Health care professional
  • Health promotion
  • Healthcare
  • Mental health
  • Pain
  • Positive thinking
  • Psychology
  • Public health
  • Social determinants of health
  • Social well-being

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