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 is a member of the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She serves as Co-PI of the Framingham Heart Study core contract and as the Research Center Director. Dr Murabito’s research focuses on the epidemiology and genetics of human longevity, healthy aging and reproductive aging with leadership roles within the international Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomics Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium and the NHLBI TOPMed Program. 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 6/26/2026

    Arbeev KG, Bagley O, Murabito JM, Cohen HJ, Pierce BL, Johnson WE, Eisenberg DTA, Mahajan MC, Andersen SL, Christensen K, Zmuda JM, Thyagarajan B, Luo S, Yashin AI, Province MA, Aviv A. Erythrocyte Count, Anemia, and the Human Natural Lifespan Limit: Evidence from the Long Life Family Study. bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 26. PMID: 42367922.

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  • Published 5/18/2026

    Goldberg RL, Zhao Y, Murabito J, Cheng S, Vasan RS, Levy D, Mitchell GF, Benjamin EJ, Lau ES. Association of cardiometabolic disease with subclinical cardiac remodeling in men vs women in the Framingham Heart Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 May 18. PMID: 42150810.

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  • Published 5/1/2026

    Tao Q, Han J, Ang TFA, Hou L, Liu C, Murabito JM, Lunetta KL, Mez J, Alosco ML, Stein TD, Zhang X, Au R, Farrer L, Palmisano JN, Hamburg NM, Qiu WQ. Peripheral vascular function, including endothelium-dependent measures, and dementia risk: The Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71396. PMID: 42050369.

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  • Published 3/26/2026

    Yang X, Kim MS, Zhu X, Uddin MM, Nakao T, Cho SMJ, Koyama S, Xu T, Reeskamp LF, Zhang R, Liu Z, A Y, de Vries PS, Vasan RS, Boerwinkle E, Morrison AC, Psaty BM, Tracy RP, Heckbert SR, Cho MH, Yun JH, Palmer ND, Bowden DW, Murabito JM, Levy D, Heard-Costa NL, O'Connor GT, Becker LC, Kral BG, Yanek LR, Raffield LM, Hidalgo B, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Taylor KD, Post WS, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Mitchell BD, Kardia SLR, Smith JA, Peyser PA, Bielak LF, Yon DK, Won HH, Arnett DK, Smith AV, Gabriel SB, Ellinor PT, Natarajan P, Wang M, Fahed AC. An integrated germline and somatic genomic model for coronary artery disease. Nat Commun. 2026 Mar 26; 17(1). PMID: 41888514.

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  • Published 3/18/2026

    Bernatz S, Prudente V, Pai S, Attermann AK, Cao Y, Chen J, Lyass A, Foldyna B, Nürnberg L, Bressem K, Abbosh C, Swanton C, Jamal-Hanjani M, Lu MT, Murabito JM, Lunetta KL, Birkbak NJ, Aerts HJWL. Thymic health consequences in adults. Nature. 2026 Apr; 652(8111):986-994. PMID: 41851466.

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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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