Music, Brain Health, and Dementia Summit

DATE: May 13-16th, 2024

LOCATION: The Hatchery, AARP Headquarters. 601 E Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20049

PUBLIC EVENT: May 16, 2024; Location (TBD)

EVENT DETAILS: 

The NIH/NIA-funded Music & Dementia Research Network will host the in-person “Music, Brain Health, and Dementia Summit” at the AARP headquarters in Washington, DC on May 13-16, 2024.

We are inviting approximately 50 experts, graduate students, and postdoctoral trainees from multiple disciplines (e.g., neuroscience, psychology, music therapy, engineering, neurology, computer science, advocacy) to work together in a series of workgroups and workshops focused on mechanistic studies of music in the context of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD). During the summit, we will 1) identify research gaps and opportunities, 2) generate novel ideas and hypotheses, and 3) catalyze and seed collaborations at the interface of music, brain, and mobile brain-body imaging. The outcome of the summit will be a publication that will outline research priorities.

THEME PRESENTERS: Psyche Loui, PhD, Northeastern University; Kendra Ray, PhD, MPH, MBA, MT-BC, New York University; Alaine Reschke-Hernandez, PhD, MT-BC, University of Kentucky; Theodore Zanto, PhD, University of California, San Francisco; Arizona University; Jose Contreras Vidal, PhD, University of Houston

DRAFT AGENDA:

Mon., May 13, 2024 (5:00 – 8:00pm)    

• Reception + Themes  

Tues., May 14 (9:30am – 6:00pm)  

• Welcome / Goals  
• Breakout groups 
• Theme presenters  
• Musical Interludes  
• MoBI workshop  

Wed, May 15 (8am – 5:30pm) 

• Breakout groups  
• Report Outs  
• Theme presenters  
• Musical Interludes  
• Research Priorities  

Thur., May 16 (9:00am - 1:00pm)) 

• Performances + Q&A  
• Technology demonstrations  
• Community input / discussion  

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