NeuroArts Blueprint

The NeuroArts Blueprint: The Science of Arts, Health and Well-Being is an initiative designed to strengthen, standardize, and propel the emerging field of neuroarts.

Staff

  • September Krueger

    SLOWART Connections

  • Charlotte Weiss

    SLOWART Connections

  • Jenny Millinger

    Shining Light on Story Drama

  • Neelima Wagley

    Shining Light on Story Drama

  • Saharra L. Dixon

    Evaluating Theatre and Storytelling as a Neuroarts-Informed Health Coaching Intervention

  • Zoe Smith

    Evaluating Theatre and Storytelling as a Neuroarts-Informed Health Coaching Intervention

  • Miriam Lense

    2026 Renée Fleming Award Recipients, Building Resilient Beginnings through a Virtual Music Program for Preterm Infants

  • Amy Smith

    Building Resilient Beginnings through a Virtual Music Program for Preterm Infants

  • Julie Meslin

    An Investigation of Filmmaking as a Therapeutic Tool in School-based Occupational Therapy

  • Lisa Raymond-Tolan

    An Investigation of Filmmaking as a Therapeutic Tool in School-based Occupational Therapy

  • Dan Sipp

    Parkinsons, And

  • Sneha Mantri

    Parkinsons, And

  • Sonali Gupta

    Neural Patterns of Meaning-Making to Study How Art Produces Shared Social Realities

  • Heidi Biggs

    Neural Patterns of Meaning-Making to Study How Art Produces Shared Social Realities

  • Elinor Harrison

    Sticks and Kicks

  • Katelyn Berg

    Sticks and Kicks

  • Joshua Roman

    Music for Autonomic Rehabilitation in Long COVID: A Pilot Study

  • Elizabeth Bast

    Music for Autonomic Rehabilitation in Long COVID: A Pilot Study

  • Alexandria Smith

    The Music Within

  • Claire Arthur

    The Music Within

  • Lisa Wong

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Sarah Wilbur

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Indre Viskontas

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Tamara Underiner

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Adrian Tyndall

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Gianluca Tosini

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Christina Soriano

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Jill Sonke

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Milton Shinberg

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Nisha Sajnani

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Sheri Robb

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • David Putrino

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Monica Parker

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Michael Murphy

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Bruce Miller

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Elizabeth Margulis

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Psyche Loui

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Judy Lichtman

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Mary Jo Kreitzer

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Jean King

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Girija Kaimal

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Shabrae Jackson

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • John Iversen

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Mary Ittelson

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Lisa Howley

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Assal Habibi

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Thalia Goldstein

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Gail Geller

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Maryrose Flanigan

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • David Fakunle

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Sarah B. Cunningham

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Deborah Cullinan

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Emily Cross

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Katie Cullen

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Anjan Chatterjee

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Debra Burns

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Jonathan Burdette

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Randy Blakely

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Lee Ann Scotto Adams

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Joy Allen

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Kat Agres

    Neuroarts Academic Network Working Group Members

  • Anna Palumbo

    Social Motor Synchrony in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy: Identifying Benefits for Social Communication among Autistic Children

  • Pablo Ripollés

    Social Motor Synchrony in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy: Identifying Benefits for Social Communication among Autistic Children

  • Anne Preven

    Harmonizing Brains: Music as a Tool to Reduce Neural Polarization

  • Akila Kadambi

    Harmonizing Brains: Music as a Tool to Reduce Neural Polarization

  • Sarah Fogler

    Translating Music Therapy to Music Medicine for Greater Access and Impact

  • Daniel Liu Bowling

    Translating Music Therapy to Music Medicine for Greater Access and Impact

  • Kristin Norderval

    Classically Trained Singing and the Parkinson’s Brain

  • Giovanni Battistella

    Classically Trained Singing and the Parkinson’s Brain

  • Eyleen Braaten

    Giving Voice Rural Initiative Pilot Project

  • Patricia Izbicki

    Giving Voice Rural Initiative Pilot Project

  • Tara Rynders

    The Dancing Nurse: Designing an Integrative, NeuroArts Wellness Curriculum for Nursing Education

  • Lucy Graham

    The Dancing Nurse: Designing an Integrative, NeuroArts Wellness Curriculum for Nursing Education

  • Stewart Cubley

    Investigating Flow States During Painting for Older Adults: Personality, Motivation, and Cognitive Predictors

  • Denis Dumas

    Investigating Flow States During Painting for Older Adults: Personality, Motivation, and Cognitive Predictors

  • Raheem “King Saladeen” Johnson

    Creating Connection: A Neuroarts Approach to Youth Healing and Expression

  • Stephen DiDonato

    Creating Connection: A Neuroarts Approach to Youth Healing and Expression

  • David Leventhal

    Investigating the Brain Mechanisms of a Dance-Based Intervention in Parkinson’s Disease

  • Constantina Theofanopoulou

    Investigating the Brain Mechanisms of a Dance-Based Intervention in Parkinson’s Disease

  • Lisa Wong

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Anjan Chatterjee, MD, FAAN

    Psychological Responses to Architecture: Bridging Real to Virtual Spaces and Subjective to Objective Measures

  • Dr. Jeffrey Vadala

    Psychological Responses to Architecture: Bridging Real to Virtual Spaces and Subjective to Objective Measures

  • William J. Doan

    Integrating Drawing and Mindfulness to Reduce Anxiety: A Longitudinal Neurophysiological Study

  • Sarah Myruski

    Integrating Drawing and Mindfulness to Reduce Anxiety: A Longitudinal Neurophysiological Study

  • Craig Arthur

    DJing and Hip Hop Music Production as a Clinical Intervention for Individuals with ADHD

  • Julia C. Basso

    DJing and Hip Hop Music Production as a Clinical Intervention for Individuals with ADHD

  • Victor Wooten

    The Neurophysiological Benefits of Live Music for Early Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Caregivers

  • AZA Stephen Allsop

    The Neurophysiological Benefits of Live Music for Early Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Caregivers

  • Joanna Sands

    Sands

  • Aaron Colverson

    Colverson

  • Alexander Chern

    Applied Award Winners, Chung

  • Stacey Springs

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Jill Sonke 

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Narayan Sankaran

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Carola Salvi 

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Todd Lubart

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Brian Lowery

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Nina Kraus 

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • David Hellmann 

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Thalia R. Goldstein 

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Angus Fletcher

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Deborah Cullinan

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Kathryn Cullen

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Anjan Chatterjee, MD, FAAN

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Beatriz Calvo-Merino

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Joke Bradt

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Jonathan Adler

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Sunil Iyengar, Advisor

    Scientific Advisory Board Advisors

  • Emmeline Edwards, Advisor

    Scientific Advisory Board Advisors

  • Indre Viskontas, Chair

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Joke Bradt

    Professor and Program Director, PhD Program in Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University, Department of Creative Arts TherapiesAdvisory Board Members

  • Howard Koh

    Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy SchoolAdvisory Board Members

  • Andrea Camp

    Andrea Camp, a senior policy advisor for the Civil Society Institute, helps to guide its communications, outreach, and public policy strategies designed to support creative communities and expand health research, among other issues.Project Staff

  • Karyn Feiden

    Karyn Feiden is a writer and editor who covers public health, health care, and medicine for nonprofit and professional organizations, as well as for the popular media.Project Staff

  • Samuel Garrett

    Samuel Garrett is a composer who is committed to advancing knowledge of how aesthetic experiences influence human well-being.Project Staff

  • Katya Wanzer

    Katya Wanzer, MPH, manager of operations at the Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine & Society Program, has worked on public health issues including HIV, terrorism, health information technology, and emergency response services. Project Staff

  • Susan Magsamen

    Susan Magsamen, MAS, has dedicated her career to putting basic science in service to health, well-being, and learning.Project Co-Chairs

  • Ruth J. Katz

    Ruth J. Katz, JD, MPH, is an expert health policy strategist whose rich network of ties across disciplines, ideologies, and social issues helps to foster cross-disciplinary, solutions-oriented conversations.Project Co-Chairs

  • Jamie Bennett

    Thought Leader, Lord Cultural ResourcesAdvisory Board Members

  • Michele Elam

    William Robertson Coe Professor of Humanities, English Department; Faculty Associate Director, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Stanford UniversityAdvisory Board Members

  • Ellen Galinsky

    President and Co-Founder, Families and Work InstituteAdvisory Board Members

  • David Hellmann

    Aliki Perroti Professor of Medicine; Director, Center for Innovative Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineAdvisory Board Members

  • Elizabeth Jameson

    Artist, advocate, and writer who explores what it means to live in an imperfect body as part of the universal human experienceAdvisory Board Members

  • Sheila C. Johnson

    Founder & CEO, Salamander Hotels & Resorts; Co-founder, Black Entertainment TelevisionAdvisory Board Members

  • Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

    Emily Hargroves Fisher Research Professor of Education, Harvard UniversityAdvisory Board Members

  • David Leventhal

    Program Director, Dance for PD®, Mark Morris Dance GroupAdvisory Board Members

  • Daniel J. Levitin

    Founding Dean, College of Arts & Humanities, Minerva University James McGill Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Science, McGill University Advisory Board Members

  • Charles Limb

    Francis A. Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology— Head and Neck Surgery; Chief, Division of Otology, Neurology, and Skull Base Surgery; Head, Sound and Music Perception Lab University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center Advisory Board Members

  • Emmanuel Pratt

    Urban designer; Co-founder and executive director, Sweet Water FoundationAdvisory Board Members

  • Ivy Ross

    Vice president, Hardware Design, GoogleAdvisory Board Members

  • Jill Sonke

    Research Director, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of FloridaAdvisory Board Members

  • Stacey Springs

    Research Integrity Officer, Duke UniversityAdvisory Board Members

  • Laurie M. Tisch

    President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination FundAdvisory Board Members

  • Emmeline Edwards

    Project Staff

  • Sunil Iyengar

    Research & Analysis Director, National Endowment for the ArtsAdvisory Board Advisors

  • Renée Fleming

    Acclaimed sopranoPartners and Leadership

  • Eric J. Nestler

    Neuroscientist; Dean for Academic Affairs; Chief Scientific Officer; Director, Friedman Brain Institute; Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health SystemPartners and Leadership