Event Schedule

Please note that schedule may be subject to change. Buffet-style lunch and morning coffee on day 2 & 3 included in registration cost.

Deep thanks to IMTRC 2025 Presenting Sponsor, American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)

Day 1: April 27, 2025 – Sunday

12:30pm – 3:00pm: Registration

3:00pm – 3:30pm: Welcome & Intention Setting: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT & Diana Thompson, LMT

3:30pm – 4:50pm: Whole Body Health Keynote: Tracy Gaudet, MD; Q&A Moderated by Diana Thompson, LMT

4:50pm – 5:00pm: Break

5:00pm – 6:15pm: Observations and Results from the MTF-Funded HOPES Study: Sarah Fogarty, PhD, LMT 

6:15pm – 6:30pm: Day One Closing Address: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

6:30pm – 8:00pm: Opening Reception, Poster Session & Exhibitor Booths Open

 

Day 2: April 28, 2025 – Monday

IMTRC 2025 Day 2 Education Sessions Sponsored by Books of Discovery

7:30am – 8:15am: Coffee Service Sponsored by Massage Heights, Exhibitor Booths Open

8:15am – 8:30am: Day Two Opening Address: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

8:30am – 9:50am: Importance of PBRNs Keynote: Jeffrey Dusek, PhD

9:50am – 10:00am: Break

10:00am – 12:00pm: Research Panel: Massage Therapy for Palliative Care, Pain Management, Opioid Use Disorder: Hunter Groninger, MD, Niki Munk, PhD, LMT, and Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMT

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Networking Lunch Sponsored by Demor Hotspot Treatment & Training

1:00pm – 2:10pm: Studies Utilizing MassageNet PBRN: Portia B. Resnick, PhD, ATC, BCTMB, and Samantha Zabel, MA, PhD(c)

2:10pm – 2:20pm: Break

2:20pm – 4:15pm: AMTA-Funded MTF Research Awards: Diana Thompson, LMT (Moderator), Geoffrey Bove, DC PhD, Cal Cates, LMT, Jennifer Esala, PhD, Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMT, and Tracey Rupp, PhD

4:15pm – 4:30pm: Break

4:30 pm – 5:30pm: Panel Debate—Massage Therapy’s Unifying Healthcare Domain: Public Health, Rehabilitation, and Palliative Care: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT (Moderator), Cal Cates, LMT, Niki Munk, PhD, LMT, and Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, LMT, BCTMB

5:30pm – 5:45pm: Day Two Closing Address: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

5:45pm – 7:00pm: Poster Session Sponsored by Canadian Massage Therapists Association (CMTA), Exhibitor Booths Open

 

Day 3: April 29, 2025 Tuesday

7:30am – 8:15am: Coffee Service Sponsored by Combe’s Wellness Center, Exhibitor Booths Open

8:15am – 8:30am: Day-Opening Reflection: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT & Diana Thompson, LMT

8:30am – 9:45am: Case Report Symposium / Clinician Pathways to Research: Robin Miccio, MS, LMT CEIM (Moderator), Tina Brown, BA, LMT, Jill Cole MA, LMT, BCTMB and Selena Hagan; Session Sponsored by Canadian Massage Therapists Association (CMTA)

9:45am – 10:45am: Research Dissemination and International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, LMT, BCTMB (Moderator), Amanda Baskwill, PhD, RMT,  and Sarah Fogarty, PhD, LMT; Session Sponsored by Registered Massage Therapists of British Columbia (RMTBC)

10:45am – 11:00am: Break

11:00am – 12:40pm: Research Oral Presentations: Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMT (Moderator), Alain J. Benitez, MT, MSTR, Christy DiCristofano, BCTMB, Kathryn Hansen, PhD, MSN, ANP-BC, Robin Miccio, MS, LMT CEIM, and Tiffany Silliman Cohen, LMT, CPMT, BCTMB

12:-40pm – 1:00pm: Transition to MassageNet Session: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

1:00pm – 2:00pm: Networking Lunch Sponsored by Massage Heights, MassageNet PBRN Activity Introduction

2:00pm – 3:45pm: MassageNet PBRN Activity / Open Space

3:45pm – 4:00pm: Break

4:00pm – 5:15pm: MassageNet PBRN Activity / Open Space

5:15pm – 5:30pm: Conference Adjournment: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT