Joanne M. Murabito, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Murabito is a Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Co-PI at the Framingham Heart Study. Dr Murabito’s area of expertise is in epidemiology and genetic epidemiology. Her current research focuses on identifying the determinants of healthy aging and longevity and reproductive aging in the community including the investigation of genetic and genomic factors. She leads highly productive multidisciplinary international consortia including the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomics Epidemiology (CHARGE) Aging and Longevity working group and the ReproGen Consortium. The Consortia bring together scientists interested in aging, longevity, and reproductive aging (menarche, menopause) and the relation of these traits to health outcomes and gene discovery.
Dr Murabito is also leading the introduction of mobile health into the Framingham Heart Study. She participated in an embedded physical activity trial using a smartphone app or activity tracker and would like to explore use of mHealth in older adults to improve health and function
Dr. Murabito continues to practice primary care at Boston Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 5/20/2025

    Kirmani S, Huan T, Van Amburg JC, Joehanes R, Uddin MM, Nguyen NQH, Yu B, Brody JA, Fornage M, Bressler J, Sotoodehnia N, Ong DA, Puddu F, Floyd JS, Ballantyne CM, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Natarajan P, Conneely KN, Weinstock JS, Carson AP, Lange LA, Ferrier K, Heard-Costa NL, Murabito J, Bick AG, Levy D. Epigenome-wide DNA methylation association study of CHIP provides insight into perturbed gene regulation. Nat Commun. 2025 May 20; 16(1):4678. PMID: 40393957.

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  • Published 5/5/2025

    Cao Y, Salvati LR, Chen J, Ragab A, Mez J, Satizabal CL, Alosco ML, Fang Y, Qiu WQ, Lunetta KL, Murabito JM, Doyle MF. The Association of Circulating Immune Cells With Cognitive Function, Brain Imaging, and Incident All-cause and Alzheimer's Dementia: The Framingham Offspring Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 May 05; 80(6). PMID: 40168089.

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  • Published 4/3/2025

    Paul TJ, Sadaniantz K, Soni A, Asaker JC, Pathiravasan CH, Mehawej J, Filippaios A, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Liu C, Lin H, Murabito JM, McManus DD, Kovell L. Patterns of Adherence to Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Among Men and Women in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2025 Apr 03. PMID: 40236403.

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  • Published 3/17/2025

    Spartano NL, Sultana N, Lin H, Cheng H, Lu S, Fei D, Murabito JM, Walker ME, Wolpert HA, Steenkamp DW. Defining Continuous Glucose Monitor Time in Range in a Large, Community-Based Cohort Without Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Mar 17; 110(4):1128-1134. PMID: 39257191.

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  • Published 2/25/2025

    Fricke DR, Cvejkus RK, Barinas-Mitchell E, Feitosa MF, Murabito JM, Acharya S, Brent MR, Daw EW, Minster RL, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL. Epidemiology and genetic determination of measures of peripheral vascular health in the Long Life Family Study. Aging (Albany NY). 2025 Feb 25; 17(2):464-481. PMID: 40013929.

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Other Positions

  • Ad-interim Director; Co-Principle Investigator
    Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Education

  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, MD
  • Harvard University, ScM
  • University of Rochester, BA