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Thomas Moors
Founder and Director of Shout at Cancer, Medical Director of Sound Voice
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Thomas Moors
Founder and Director of Shout at Cancer, Medical Director of Sound Voice
A Belgian, London based, awarded medical doctor with special interest in voice and integration of art into healthcare. His mission is to bring positive attention towards small and scattered groups (overlooked) in medicine, research and society. He is founder and director of Shout at Cancer (charity specialised in integrating music in speech rehabilitation after laryngectomy), medical director of Sound Voice (community company specialised in implementing arts to impact healthcare related research and development), PhD student at Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM) University of Ghent, and board member of The Listening Planet Foundation (world’s biggest nature sound database used for nature conservation and preservation projects).
10 Feb 2023 Fedora Platform Award for Digital Art, Paris, FR
28 Jun 2022 Sheffield DocFest 2022 Alternate Realities Award for Sound Voice Project, Sheffield, UK.
02 Jun 2021 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2021, equivalent to MBE, London, UK.
28 Oct 2020 UCL’s Provost Award for Public Engagement – 2020, London, UK.
25 Oct 2017 Charter awarded by the Christoffel Plantin Fund in recognition for the contribution of Dr Moors to the international prestige of Belgium, Antwerp, BE.
17 Mar 2017 Points of Light Award, personal recognition by British PM Theresa May, London, UK.
12 Nov 2016 Development Award GHFi 2016, prize by “The Lancet” for best pitch and oral presentation: The need to increase the global accessibility to voice rehabilitation for patients who had laryngectomy, Global Health Film Festival 2016, Barbican London, UK.