CIMTR Public Lecture: Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions checklist: explanation and elaboration guide

Join us online to hear from Dr Sheri Robb on the updated Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions, and the vital importance of clear reporting for advancing the field of music therapy.

Public interest and research into how music and the arts benefit our health and well-being has grown significantly, along with initiatives to advance the quality and rigour of these scientific studies. This lecture will explore the challenges of inconsistent research reporting and introduce the updated Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions.

Dr Robb convened an interdisciplinary expert panel to update and validate the guidelines using a rigorous Delphi approach, and developed an explanation and elaboration guidance statement to support checklist use. She will discuss why clear reporting is crucial for advancing the field, enabling other researchers to replicate studies and ultimately, helping to translate scientific findings into better clinical care and community programming.

Speaker

Sheri L. Robb, PhD, MT-BC is a Walther Professor of Supportive Oncology in the Indiana University Schools of Nursing and Medicine. Dr Robb is internationally recognized for her expertise in paediatric music therapy and behavioural intervention research. Her programme of research focuses on the development and testing of music interventions to manage distress and improve positive health outcomes in children and adolescents with cancer and their caregivers.

Dr Robb is an established investigator with twenty years of continuous funding from the US National Institutes of Health. She also led the publication of Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions to address calls for more transparent and accurate reporting in music intervention research.

This event is part of the CIMTR Public Lecture Series 2025-26.