AWE-some: How Music Can Make Us Well

18 Jun 2026
Level 5 - Mountbatten Room
Music can elevate our mood, move our bodies and bring us closer to one another. But can it visibly improve our health? In this talk, neuroscientist and musician Dr. Indre Viskontas shows how music should be used not as a sledgehammer but as a Swiss army knife: a precision tool that can strategically and effectively target specific psychiatric and neurological symptoms, and in so doing, help us not just heal but thrive. 
Speakers
Indre Viskontas
Indre Viskontas, Neuroscientist, Musician and Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Creative Brain Lab at the University of San Francisco, USA