Marija Pranjić, PhD (she/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA, United States

Dr. Marija Pranjić is a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and an Instructor in Harvard’s Mind Brain Behavior Division. She is also a board-certified music therapist and a Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow. Her research lies at the intersection of music, brain science, and developmental medicine, focusing on music-induced neuroplasticity in early childhood and the biomedical applications of music in neurologic rehabilitation. Dr. Pranjić's work has been supported by the GRAMMY Museum Grant, Harvard’s Interdisciplinary Mind Brain Behavior Grant, the MITACS Globalink Research Award, and others.

Presentation(s):

• The Role of Applied Auditory and Music Neuroscience in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Advancing Theoretical Foundations and Intervention Models 2723

  Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  1:15 PM - 2:15 PM