NMMP Staff and Collaborators

Directors

Borna Bonakdarpour, MD

Director

bbk@northwestern.edu

Clara Takarabe, BA

Co-director

clara.takarabe@northwestern.edu

Melanie Zhang, PhD

Research and Operations Specialist

melanie.zhang@northwestern.edu

Daniel Seog

Research Study Assistant

DanielSeog2023@u.northwestern.edu

Grace Lee

Research Assistant 

gracelee2024@u.northwestern.edu

Nick Bonakdarpour-Jaberg

Digital Solutions Assistant 

Nick.BonakdarpourJaberg@northwestern.edu

Jonathan Zhao

Research Assistant

jonathanzhao2025@u.northwestern.edu

Kate Vidano

Research Assistant

catherinevidano2025@u.northwestern.edu

Pariya Salehi

Research Assistant

nicolesalehi2027@u.northwestern.edu

Isabelle Baron

Research Assistant

isabellebaron2028@u.northwestern.edu

Aimee Karstens, PhD

Rush Medical Group

aimee_karstens@rush.edu

Jonathan Miller, PhD

Sounds Good Choir

jmiller@soundsgoodchoir.org

Sandy Miller, PhD

Sounds Good Choir

 sandysiegelmiller@gmail.com

Todd Parrish, PhD

Northwestern Department of Radiology

toddp@northwestern.edu

Jeff Wolfe, MM, MT-BC

Institute for Therapy through the Arts

jwolfe@itachicago.org

Darby Morhardt, PhD

Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease

Stephan Schuele, MD

Chief, Epilepsy Division

Department of Neurology

Jose Contreras-Vidal, PhD

University of Houston

Jonathan Bailey Holland, PhD

Dean, Bienen School of Music

Nancy Gustafson

Bienen School of Music

Richard Ashley, PhD

Bienen School of Music

Sarah Bartolome, PhD

Bienen School of Music

Bharath Chandrasekaran, PhD

Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kaitlin Seibert, MD

University of Chicago

Alyssa McFadden, LCSW, MT-BC

Rush University

Mia Iliopoulos Krings, MM, LPMT, MT-BC

Clinical Supervisor, 

Greater Chicago Music  Therapy

Molly Grettenberger, MM, MT-BC

Lurie Children's Hospital

Jacqueline Vilca, LCPC, MT-BC

Lurie Children's Hospital