The 2016 International Massage Therapy Research Conference, to be held May 12–15 in Seattle, will feature the following keynote speakers, each speaking on a different day:
- Wayne B. Jonas, MD (Friday, May 13): Dr. Jonas is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit medical research organization supporting the scientific investigation of healing processes and their application in health and disease. He currently serves on the editorial boards of eight peer-reviewed journals and on the advisory or scientific boards of six national and international organizations.
- Brent A. Bauer, MD (Saturday, May 14): Dr. Bauer is board-certified in Internal Medicine, a Professor of Medicine and has been on staff at Mayo Clinic for 23 years. His main research interest has been the scientific evaluation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies that patients and consumers are using with increasing frequency.
- Jo Smith, PhD (Sunday, May 15): Dr. Smith is a leading massage therapy educator and researcher at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), in Invercargill, New Zealand. Smith also co-leads the New Zealand Massage Therapy Research Centre and is focused on developing a culture of massage therapy research, within the BTSM, New Zealand, and globally.
For more information on each speaker, or to register for the conference, click here.