Date: March 23, 2026
Location: Loews Hotel Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Time: 1:00pm-5:00 pm
Registration Fee: $25
Organizers: NIH-funded Music Research Networks (Music4Pain, AudioAnalgesia, and ENSEMBLE)
The NIH-funded Music Research Networks (Music4Pain, AudioAnalgesia, and ENSEMBLE) invite you to participate in a half day workshop focused on music-based interventions for pain management. The workshop will 1) introduce attendees to a wide range of music-based interventions for acute and chronic pain management, 2) present the current state of the evidence related to mechanisms underlying the hypoalgesic effects of music-based interventions, 3) discuss methodological challenges and offer recommendations for high-quality mechanistic research on music-based interventions for pain, 4) introduce technological advances related to the measurement of brain activity during active music making, 5) present a newly developed music-based interventions taxonomic framework to guide the design of mechanistic studies in music for pain, and 6) discuss challenges in using animal models in music-induced hypoalgesia studies. The workshop will end with an optional mentoring session during which attendees can receive feedback on their research ideas related to music for pain management.
