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 12/2/2025

    Iyer S, Cao Y, Liebegott R, Chen J, Ragab A, Doyle MF, Lunetta KL, Murabito JM. Association of circulating immune cell phenotypes and peripheral inflammatory biomarkers with depressive symptoms in the Framingham Heart Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2026 Feb; 184:107716. PMID: 41349492.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/29/2025

    Wang B, Ding H, Qi D, Tisminetzky MS, Murabito JM, Lin H. Plasma-based brain age as a potential biomarker for cognitive health and risk of brain-related disorders. Commun Med (Lond). 2025 Nov 29; 6(1):12. PMID: 41318807.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/1/2025

    Haff MG, Murabito JM, Vasan RS, Spartano NL, Liu CT, Zhang X, Benjamin EJ, Lewis GD, Long MT. Physical Activity by Accelerometer Inversely Associated With Liver Fibrosis; Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort. Liver Int. 2025 Nov; 45(11):e70380. PMID: 41055309.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/10/2025

    Zhang Y, Rong J, Wang X, Schramm E, Pathiravasan CH, Borrelli B, Faro JM, Benjamin EJ, Trinquart L, Liu C, Murabito JM. Smartphone App-Based Survey Deployment Patterns and Longitudinal Response Rate: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Oct 10; 27:e73972. PMID: 41071587.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/2/2025

    Rotti L, Murabito JM, Chen J, Cao Y, Ragab AAY, Liu C, Wang M, Doyle MF, Lunetta KL. Immune cells and inflammatory proteins are differentially associated with subsequent DNA methylation biological aging measures in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort. Geroscience. 2025 Oct 02. PMID: 41039184.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

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

Websites

Education

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

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