Samuel Rodgers-Melnick 
PhD Cand, MPH, MT-BC

Samuel Rodgers-Melnick, MPH, MT-BC currently serves as an Integrative Health Research and Data Specialist with University Hospitals Connor Whole Health in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also a PhD candidate in the Clinical Translational Science Program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and was recently awarded a two-year F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, a Division of the National Institutes of Health. Sam served as lead investigator for two consecutive research grants from the Kulas Foundation that funded music therapy research studies in sickle cell disease. Sam’s current research focuses on the clinical effectiveness of integrative modalities throughout the University Hospitals Health System, with a particular focus on music therapy for individuals with sickle cell disease.