Music and Health Conference 2025

Join leading researchers exploring music's therapeutic power for mental health, cognitive decline, and stress relief - September 22 at UCLA.

About this Event

Music and Health Conference 2025

Date: September 22, 2025

Location: UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center

Event Description: The inaugural Music & Health Conference brings together researchers, musicians, clinicians, and industry professionals to explore the cutting-edge intersection of music and health outcomes. This interdisciplinary event will feature research presentations, expert panels, and live musical performances showcasing how music interventions can improve well-being and mental health. Attendees will include health researchers, neuroscientists, musicians, music therapists, and professionals working in music and health. Our goal is to foster new collaborations, advance research dialogue, and develop innovative approaches to using music as a tool for health and behavior change.

Agenda: Agenda is tenative and subject to change

Parking: Parking is not included but it's available at kiosks nearby on campus.

Website: https://predictiontechnology.ucla.edu/events/music-health-conference-2025/

Agenda


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Registration & Check-In

🕑: 09:20 AM - 09:30 AM
Opening Talk / Welcome Remarks –Sean Young, PhD

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Music Performances

🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Research Presentations (Session 1)
Host: Daniel Bowling, PhD

Info:

Our opening session examines music's power to heal and educate. Three leading researchers will share insights on treating mental health conditions through musical interventions, understanding musical learning through positive psychology, and leveraging technology to enhance music-based therapies.

🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break & Networking

🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Research Presentations (Session 2)
Host: Ed Large, PhD

Info: Session 2 explores innovative therapeutic interventions for brain health and stress management. Researchers will present cutting-edge work on entraining the brain with music and synchronized light for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, music therapy applications for stress reduction and burnout prevention, and evidence-based insights into how binaural beats affect the nervous system.

🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch with Live Music Performances

🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Industry Speaker

🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Panel Discussion

🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Afternoon Coffee Break

🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Breakout Sessions

🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Group Discussion of Next Steps

🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Closing Remarks

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