Sound Health Network

The Sound Health Network (SHN) is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco. The SHN emerged from Sound Health—a partnership that currently includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Renée Fleming Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Foundation for NIH. Sound Health aims to advance the integration of music and related art forms with health by promoting research, catalyzing research collaboration, translating discoveries into effective treatments, building a community, and enhancing public awareness.

The SHN was established to promote research and public awareness about the impact of music on health and wellness. The Network will engage with a broad range of multidisciplinary stakeholders—including scientists, music therapists, clinicians, patients, music and arts organizations, funders, and the general public. Through its coordinating role, the SHN will facilitate individual and collaborative efforts that promote the quality, quantity, and relevance of research at the intersections of music, neuroscience, health, and wellness across the lifespan, advancing the potential of music to improve all our lives.

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