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.

Day 1: April 27, 2025 – Sunday

12:30pm – 3:00pm: Registration

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

3:30pm – 4:50pm: Session I / Whole Body Health Keynote: Tracy Gaudet, MD

4:50pm – 5:00pm: Break

5:00pm – 6:15pm: Session II / 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, Vendor Booth and Posters

 

Day 2: April 28, 2025 – Monday

8:00am – 8:45am: Coffee Reception, Vendors Open

8:45am – 9:00am: President’s Start of Day Two Address: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

9:00am – 10:20am: Session III / Importance of PBRNs Keynote: Jeffrey Dusek, PhD

10:20am – 10:30am: Break

10:30am – 12:30pm: Session IV 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

12:30pm – 2:00pm: Networking Lunch

2:00pm – 3:20pm: Session V / Studies Utilizing MassageNet PBRN: Portia B. Resnick, PhD, ATC, BCTMB, and Samantha Zabel, MA, PhD(c)

3:20pm – 3:30pm: Break

3:30pm – 5:20pm: Session VI / AMTA-Funded MTF Research Awards: Geoffrey Bove, DC PhD, Jennifer Esala, PhD, and Tracey Rupp, PhD

5:20pm – 5:30pm: Break

5:30 PM – 6:30pm: Session VII / Moderated Panel Debate—Debating 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

6:30pm – 6:45pm: Day Two Closing Address: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

 

Day 3: April 29, 2025 Tuesday

8:00am – 8:15am: Coffee Reception, Vendors Open

8:15am – 8:30am: President’s Reflection: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT & Diana Thompson, LMT

8:30am – 9:45am: Session VIII / Case Report Symposium: Robin Miccio, MS, LMT (Moderator), Tina Brown, BA, and LMT, Jill Cole MA, LMT, BCTMB

9:45am – 10:45am: Session IX / 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

10:45am – 11:00am: Break

11:00am – 12:30pm: Session X / Research Oral Presentations: Kathryn Hansen, PhD, MSN, ANP-BC and others TBA

12:-30pm – 12:45pm: Conference Adjournment for Non-MassageNet Attendees (visit www.MassageNet.org to join): Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT

1:00pm – 2:00pm: Box Lunches & MassageNet PBRN Activity Introduction

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

3:45pm – 4:00pm: Break

4:00pm – 4:45pm: MassageNet PBRN Activity / Open Space

4:45pm – 5:00pm: Conference Final Adjournment: Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT