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Join us on Thursday, September 18, 2025, in Chicago, IL for Misophonia Collaboration Forum: Pathways Forward—a day-long, interactive event designed to foster meaningful, bidirectional dialogue among researchers, clinicians, advocates, and individuals with lived experience and their loved ones.

Hosted by the Misophonia Research Fund with valued partners including the Duke Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation, soQuiet, the Misophonia Research Network, and Northwestern’s Knowles Hearing Center, this convening centers on shared learning, mutual understanding, and collective action. With a thoughtfully structured agenda—including panels, breakout sessions, and informal "couch chats"—we aim to identify core needs, bridge communication gaps, and co-create next steps in misophonia care, research, and advocacy.

Space is limited for the in-person event. Virtual attendance is available. Thank you for joining us!

Misophonia Research Fund Team

• ‍Lauren Harte-Hargrove, PhD, Executive Director‍
• Kylie McPherson, PhD, Associate Director of Research‍
• Solena Mednicoff, PhD, Research & Communications Manager

Please see overview of the event agenda below:

State of the Field (Talk) | An overview of our current understanding of misophonia and how research is pushing the boundaries.

Living with Misophonia: The Patient Perspective (Panel) | A panel of members of the lived experience community with varied perspectives will share their experience and discuss questions from the moderator.

Where We Stand: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research Gaps (Panel) | A panel with clinical and research expertise will share their perspectives on evidence-based approaches to the diagnostic and treatment processes, and research next steps.

Bridging the Divide (Couch Chat) | Individuals with clinical, research, and lived experience expertise will engage in a moderated discussion about how to bridge the divide between: (1) what we know and what we need to know next to best help individuals with misophonia and (2) how to continuously optimize clinical and research practices through communication across these groups and the lived experience community.

Identifying Core Needs (Breakout Groups) | Guided group discussion across various topics to prompt expanded understanding between clinicians, researchers, and the lived experience community.

Translating Insights into Action (Couch Chat) | Individuals with clinical, research, and lived experience expertise will engage in a moderated discussion that builds off of the insights discussed so far—distilling tangible action items.

Co-creating Strategies & Solutions (Talk) | This closing session will include a 30-minute talk and a 30-minute room-wide discussion. Tying together key points from the previous sessions into themes and action plans that can inform the next steps for researchers and clinicians.

Featured Speakers and Session Moderators:

• Adeel Ahmad, Host of The Misophonia Podcast, Lived Experience Community member
• Andrada Neacsiu, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Duke University Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation
• Andrew Guzick, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
• Cris Edwards, MFA, CPS, President of soQuiet, Misophonia Advocate and Lived Experience Community member
• Deepika Anand, PhD, Clinical Psychologist with the CBT Center of Chicago
• Fatima Husain, PhD, Professor/Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Grace Heppes, BS, Outreach and Communications Coordinator for Duke University Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation, Lived Experience Community member
• Heather Hansen, PhD, Cognitive Psychologist, Professor at William & Mary, Director of the Misophonia Research Network
• Jamie Ward, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sussex
• Jane Gregory, DClinPsych, Clinical Psychologist, University of Oxford, Lived Experience Community member, Author of Sounds Like Misophonia: How to stop small noises from causing extreme reactions.
• Jennifer Jo Brout, PsyD, Founder of the Duke University program for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation and the Misophonia Research Network
• Julia Campbell, AuD, PhD, Clinical Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
• Lisa Fox-Thomas, PhD, CCC-A, Assistant Director and Coordinator of Audiology Services at the Speech and Hearing Center, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Michael Twohig, PhD, Professor of Combined Clinical/Counseling Specialization, Utah State University
• Nicolas Davidenko, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Sophie Yang, Founder of TEAM (Teen Misophonia Help), Lived Experience Community member
• Svetlana Shinkareva, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina
• Tiffany Woynaroski, PhD, Professor in Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University
• Zach Rosenthal, PhD, Professor in Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, and Neuroscience, and Director of the Duke University Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation

This event was developed with input from committee members with misophonia. We aim to reduce trigger sounds, provide a separate quiet space for participants, and offer feedback options for additional accommodations during the event.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact info@MisophoniaFund.org.