NMMP Staff and Collaborators

Directors

Borna Bonakdarpour, MD

Director

bbk@northwestern.edu

Clara Takarabe, BA

Co-director

clara.takarabe@northwestern.edu

Nick Bonakdarpour-Jaberg

Digital Solutions Assistant 

nbj@northwestern.edu

Grace Lee

Research Assistant 

gracelee2024@u.northwestern.edu

Daniel Seog

Research Assistant

daniel.seog@northwestern.edu

Melanie Zhang, PhD

Research and Operations Specialist

melanie.zhang@northwestern.edu

Isabelle Baron

Research Assistant

isabellebaron2028@u.northwestern.edu

Pariya Salehi

Research Assistant

nicolesalehi2027@u.northwestern.edu

Kate Vidano

Research Assistant

catherinevidano2025@u.northwestern.edu

Jonathan Zhao

Research Assistant

jonathanzhao2025@u.northwestern.edu

Richard Ashley, PhD

Bienen School of Music

Sarah Bartolome, PhD

Bienen School of Music

Jonathan Bailey Holland, PhD

Dean, Bienen School of Music

Bharath Chandrasekaran, PhD

Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Jose Contreras-Vidal, PhD

University of Houston

Molly Grettenberger, MM, MT-BC

Lurie Children's Hospital

Nancy Gustafson

Bienen School of Music

Mia Iliopoulos Krings, MM, LPMT, MT-BC

Clinical Supervisor, 

Greater Chicago Music  Therapy

Aimee Karstens, PhD

Rush Medical Group

aimee_karstens@rush.edu

Alyssa McFadden, LCSW, MT-BC

Rush University

Jonathan Miller, PhD

Sounds Good Choir

jmiller@soundsgoodchoir.org

Sandy Miller, PhD

Sounds Good Choir

sandysiegelmiller@gmail.com

Darby Morhardt, PhD

Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease

Todd Parrish, PhD

Northwestern Department of Radiology

toddp@northwestern.edu

Stephan Schuele, MD

Chief, Epilepsy Division

Department of Neurology

Kaitlin Seibert, MD

University of Chicago

Jacqueline Vilca, LCPC, MT-BC

Lurie Children's Hospital

Jeff Wolfe, MM, MT-BC

Institute for Therapy through the Arts

jwolfe@itachicago.org