Joanne Murabito Named Co-PI, Framingham Heart Study

Joanne Murabito, MD, ScM, became Co-PI of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) on Jan. 1, 2017. She joins Dr. Vasan Ramachandran’s (FHS Director and PI) team along with Dr. Martin Larson (also Co-PI) at FHS.

An Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Murabito previously served as a Senior Investigator and Research Center Director. She conducts both traditional epidemiologic research and genetic epidemiologic research in the areas of longevity, healthy aging and reproductive aging. She is an active member of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium and the Long Life Family Study.  More recently she has worked on engaging participants in the use of mobile technologies to track health.  Dr. Murabito will continue to lead integration of examinations of FHS participants in the FHS Research Center.