MindFul Music: The Power of Live Music Dalida Arakelian1, Sean Dreyer2

1. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Background Methods & Research Timeline UCLA students, staff, and faculty are in competitive, rigorous setting and at risk for high day-to-day stress levels and long- Event Process Execution term burnout. Music has been well established as a Map of Pop Up therapeutic intervention for various mental health issues, Location Future including stress. To promote a healthier environment at UCLA, Partnership Music Event Spring 2015: State: MindFul Music was founded as a series of pop up music publish events at various campus locations. Pop Up Music Winter 2015: Events: 6 research On Site Recruit Locations article to Survey Student Fall 2014: Monthly hotspots What is MindFul Music? Launch Single Expansion: 3 across campus encourage Execution Musicians Fall 2013: A Hotspot: 4 hotspots; IRB expansion An interdisciplinary approach designed to uncover and share the spontaneous professional Approval to to other positive health benefits of live music and to scientifically quantify conversation health execute universities these results. with Jane schools research Coordinate Semel & Dr. Pop Up Event Whybrow Objectives Scheduling & Management Publicity Results & Future Goals

Improve brain- Promote social Preliminary Results Future Goals mind health: connections: lower stress levels, among UCLA Data collection: 140 surveys Minimum of 1000 surveys uplift mood, and students, staff, Pop Up Pilot events at approved 10 Establish program as a mainstay on alleviate anxiety faculty, and visitors Campus hotspots: • Center for Health • School of Law locations UCLA campus Science Building Courtyard 3 articles published in Daily Bruin, UCLA Publish manuscript in scientific  • Royce and Powell Newsroom, UCOP Health journal Integrate live David Geffen Provide School of quad opportunity: music and Medicine • Bruin Plate- UCLA scientific  School of Dining Services for student • UCLA Alumni musicians to share research: Dentistry their talent in a quantitatively  Fielding School of Association- James evaluate the effect contemporary Public Health West Alumni Center environment of live music on • Young Research stress  School of Nursing  Semel Institute Library On Site Survey Student Team Stress Survey: UCLA IRB#14-001821 • 4 demographic questions • 2 event related questions Acknowledgements • validated 4-Question Scale Thank you to Jane and Terry Semel for their vision and support for the Healthy from “A Global Measure of Campus Initiative, and for the HCI leadership, including Gene Block, Scott Waugh Perceived Stress,” and Wendelin Slusser. (http://www.jstor.org/stabl Thank you to Dr. Bilder for advising the research component of the program. e/2136404) From left: Guillan Leonardo, Joel Hernandez, Hiroki Thank you to Dr. Peter Whybrow for providing guidance and encouragement since Ishibara-Baez, Dalida Arakelian, Sean Dreyer, Cathy Ngo, the initial phase of MindFul Music. Virginia Pettis