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Anna Palumbo

Anna Palumbo

Research Manager

Anna is the Research Manager at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy, New York University. Her research includes evaluation of music improvisation in stroke rehabilitation, scale development to measure music engagement, evaluation of social motor synchrony during music therapy sessions and its effects on social communication among autistic children, and development of AI-assisted tools for evaluation of music therapy outcomes. Her publications include clinical trials and mechanistic studies using thematic analysis, surveys, clinical testing, physiological measurement, and fMRI. 

Anna completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences and MA in Music Therapy at New York University. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health,  the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association, and the NeuroArts BluePrint Initiative.

Selected Publications