Present Institution:

National Institutes of Health

Location:

Bethesda MD US

Career Status:

Government Scientist

Bio

Dr. Emmeline Edwards is director of the Division of Extramural Research of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). In that capacity
she is responsible for development of scientific programs or areas of science that fulfill NCCIH's mission as well as planning
implementation
and policy. NCCIH is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
with a mission to define
through rigorous scientific investigation
the usefulness and safety of complementary and integrative health interventions and their roles in improving health and health care. Currently
Dr. Edwards is Co-Chair of the trans NIH Music and Health working group
member of the Sound Health Initiative Steering Committee
and advisor to the NeuroArts Blueprint. Dr. Edwards is also Chair of World Women in Neuroscience (WWN)
an independent mentoring and networking organization
with the primary mission of identifying
and implementing mentoring and networking opportunities for women neuroscientists across the world.

Interested in presenting:

Behavior
General Neuroscience
Cognition
Neuroimmunology
Attracting Public/Government and Private work
Building business development skills
Managing a team
Leading project teams
Improving leadership skills
How to write a scientific paper
Scientific Communication
Global Networking

Sample of a Science/Scholarship Abstract

NIH Music & Health Research Program; Potential Template for Other Art Forms – 3/1/24 Trans-NIH Emotional Well-being Research Networks – 3/18/24 Whole Person Health: Strategies for Research and Clinical Care – 4/28/23 A Retrospective Look at my Professional Journey: Focus on Government Experience – 5/6/23 Leadership & Diversity at every Step of the Journey – July 22

What type of talks have you presented in the past?

The NIH Toolkit for Music-based Interventions Music-based interventions (MBIs) have the potential to influence patient-relevant target outcomes
such as manage symptoms
slow disease progression
rehabilitate
and improve quality of life in many disease conditions across the lifespan. MBIs have shown promise for managing symptoms of various brain disorders. To fully realize the potential of MBIs and dispel the outdated misconception that MBIs are rooted in “soft science
” the NIH is promoting rigorously designed
well-powered MBI clinical trials. The pressing need of guidelines for scientifically rigorous studies with enhanced data collection led to the creation of the NIH MBI Toolkit for research on music and health across the lifespan. The Toolkit defines the building blocks of MBIs
including a consolidated set of common data elements for MBI protocols
and core datasets of outcome measures and biomarkers for brain disorders of aging that researchers may select for their studies. A critical step toward incorporating MBIs into U.S. health care systems is the dissemination and implementation of the NIH MBI Toolkit’s guiding principles for large-scale
rigorous
and replicable evidence-based research. Utilization of the guiding principles in this Toolkit is strongly recommended for NIH-funded studies of MBIs.