Dr. Med. Johanna Doll-Lee

Guest Researcher

MD, M.Mus.
Doctor, Pianist

Research interests

  • Movement Disorders, especially
    • task specific Dystonia (like Musician’s Dystonia)
    • task specific Tremor (in Musicians)
  • Music-induced Neuroplasticity
  • Motor planning in Musicians

Current projects

  • Motor Observation and Imagination in Musician’s Dystonia – an fMRI study (funded by the DFG)
  • Understanding Musician’s Dystonia: a multimodal clinical, genetic and brain imaging study (funded by the Clinician Scientist Program PRACTIS of the MHH)

[Translate to Englisch:] Lebenslauf

Dr. med. Johanna Doll-Lee, M.Mus., completed her medical studies in Hanover and Munich and received her medical degree (MD) from Hannover Medical School. She earned a doctorate (Dr. med.) at the Technical University of Munich, where her dissertation investigated risk factors for musician’s dystonia. She is currently a neurology resident at Hannover Medical School, conducting research on movement disorders — particularly musician’s dystonia and task-specific tremor in musicians — which includes a DFG-funded project among several ongoing studies. In addition to her medical training, she holds a concert diploma in piano from the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, having also trained at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.

 

Contact

Johanna Doll-Lee
Guest Researcher
www.johannadoll.com

Publications

  • Doll-Lee, J., Passarotto, E., Altenmüller, E. & Lee, A. Gender Differences in Task Specific Dystonia: What Can we Learn from Musician’s Dystonia? Mov. Disord. Clin. Pract. 11, 526–533 (2024).
  • Doll-Lee, J., Passarotto, E., Altenmüller, E. & Lee, A. Divergent Recovery Paths in Musicians’ Dystonia. Tremor Hyperkinetic Mov. N. Y. N (2025).
  • Doll-Lee, J., Lee, A., Furuya, S., Haslinger, B. & Altenmüller, E. Musician’s Dystonia: Family History as a Predictor for Onset and Course of the Disease. Mov. Disord. 38, 1559–1560 (2023).
  • Doll-Lee, J., Passarotto, E., Altenmuller, E. & Lee, A. The Role of handedness and extrainstrumental burdens on the course of musicians’ dystonia. J. Mov. Disord. doi.org/10.14802/jmd.25064 (2025) doi:10.14802/jmd.25064.
  • Passarotto, E., Doll-Lee, J., Altenmüller, E. & Lee, A. Practice behaviors as trigger factor for the onset of Musicians’ Dystonia. J. Neural Transm. doi.org/10.1007/s00702-023-02689-4 (2023) doi:10.1007/s00702-023-02689-4.
  • Doll-Lee, J., Lee, A., Mantel, T., Haslinger, B. & Altenmüller, E. Embouchure Dystonia as a Network Disease. in Basic and Translational Applications of the Network Theory for Dystonia (eds. Shaikh, A. & Sadnicka, A.) 45–59 (Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2023). doi:10.1007/978-3-031-26220-3_3.
  • Doll-Lee, J., Plinkert, T.-A. & Lee, A. Aufgabenspezifische Dystonie und Tremor: Therapeutische Konzepte für neurologische Ausfälle bei Musikern. Dtsch. Ärztebl. www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/aufgabenspezifische-dystonie-und-tremor-therapeutische-konzepte-fuer-neurologische-ausfaelle-bei-musikern-6d4cf8e0-4e25-42c6-b5ba-366028c14b71 (2025).

Last modified: 2025-12-12

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