Kerry Devlin, MMT, MT-BC (she/her) is senior music therapist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine. She has worked as a music therapist for more than seven years and is currently a Ph.D. researcher in the Doctoral Programme in Music Therapy at Aalborg University. As a disabled clinician, Kerry understands the unique experience of moving through the health care system as both a patient and a provider. She is passionate about disability justice and affirming the lived experience of therapy participants through co-constructed music experiences.

Kerry is adjunct faculty at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and Shenandoah University, where she teaches courses centered on inclusive music education pedagogy, clinical music therapy practice, and telehealth approaches in music therapy. Her research has been published in Music Therapy Perspectives and Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, and she has created sought-after professional development courses centered on anti-oppressive early childhood music approaches and telehealth tools for music therapists. Kerry also holds a certification in neurologic music therapy.

Kerry previously worked as Clinical Director of Annapolis Music Therapy Services, where she developed a thriving college internship training program and supervised a team of music therapists working in medical, community and educational settings across central Maryland. She has extensive experience designing sensory friendly concerts and inclusive community music spaces, which she has facilitated in partnership with local nonprofit organizations and two universities.

Location and Contact

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe St.
Meyer 6-181
Baltimore, MD 21287

Appointments email: [email protected].
Direct email: [email protected]

Board Certification

Music Therapist — Board Certified, Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT# 11210)

Education

• Ph.D. Researcher, Doctoral Programme in Music Therapy, Aalborg University, Present
• Master of Music in Music Therapy, Shenandoah University, 2017
• Professional Studies Program for Music Therapy Certification Eligibility, Shenandoah University, 2014
• Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, Towson University, 2012

• Devlin, K. & Meadows, A. (2020). Integrating alternative and augmentative communication into music therapy clinical practice: A clinician’s perspective. Music Therapy Perspectives, 39(1), 24-33.
• Devlin, K., Alshaikh, J.T., & Pantelyat, A. (2019). Music therapy and music-based interventions for movement disorders. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports.
• Devlin, K. (2018). How do I see you, and what does that mean for us? An autoethnographic study. Music Therapy Perspectives, 36(2), 234-242.

Dr. Kyurim Kang is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine and a certified neurologic music therapist.

She received her B.M. in Music Therapy from West Texas A&M University with a Cum Laude in 2010. Prior to pursuing her Master’s degree, she has been working as a music therapist for children with developmental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder in the U.S and in South Korea from 2010 to 2013. She aspired to understand the neural aspects of how and why music helps children with disabilities to move, communicate, and be happy based on scientific evidence-based approach. This desire motivated her to start her Master’s degree in Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) which allowed music to be integrated into an interdisciplinary context of rehabilitation modalities based on neurobiological principles of brain and behavior at Colorado State University. Her Master’s thesis explored the effectiveness of musical neglect training to improve visual attention/perception for people with visual neglect from stroke. Dr. Kang obtained her Ph.D. in Music and Health Science, and the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience from the University of Toronto. During her Ph.D., she investigated how electrical brain activities using EEG synchronizes between children with autism spectrum disorders and cerebral palsy, their parents, and music therapist during music and storytelling sessions.

She has been published peer-reviewed papers in various research fields from survey research to brain imaging studies in Frontiers in Neurology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Developmental neurorehabilitation, Parkinson’s Disease, and Medical Problems of Performing Artists. Dr. Kang has also been invited as a guest lecture in local, national, and international community and organizations. She has translated “Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy” into Korean to support Korean community to extend their understandings of NMT. She currently focuses on the research if brain stimulation and NMT enhance upper performance for patients with atypical parkinsonian disorders. She is also co-leading several music therapy and NMT sessions. Her ultimate research goal is to bridge the gap between scientific evidence-based music research using brain imaging (e.g., EEG, fMRI, fNIRS) and music therapy clinical practices.

Location and Contact

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Carnegie Building
601 N Wolfe St #518-D
Baltimore, MD 21287

Email: [email protected]

Board Certification

Music Therapist – Board Certified, Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT # 16593)

Certification

Neurologic Music Therapist – The Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT # 003182)

Education

• Ph.D. in Music and Health Science and the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto
• Master of Music in Music Therapy, Colorado State University
• Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy, West Texas A&M University

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