Natalia E. Morone, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Natalia E. Morone, MD, MS received her BA at Barnard College, Columbia University, her MD at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and her Master of Science in Clinical Research at University of Pittsburgh. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University and is a clinical general internist at Boston Medical Center. She is author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications that focus on integrative approaches for chronic pain, mindfulness, chronic low back pain, integration of mindfulness into clinical practice, and retaining early career researchers in research. She is currently Principal Investigator of a UH3 award pragmatic clinical trial to evaluate telehealth delivered group mindfulness for chronic low back pain, multi-Principal Investigator of a 25-site randomized trial of a year-long professional development intervention to retain early career faculty in research, and Principal Investigator of a K24 midcareer development award to mentor early investigators in mind and body medicine and pain.

In addition to her research, she is PI and Director of the BU CTSI KL2 program and co-Directs the BU CTSI Career Development Award Writing Workshop. She is a member of the BU CTSI Workforce Development Group. She started an integrated acupuncture clinic within the Boston Medical Center General Internal Medicine Clinic. She serves as the Department of Medicine representative to the BU CAMed Committee on Faculty Affairs, an elected position.

Committed to mentoring, she mentors medical students, residents, fellows, post-docs, and junior faculty. Mentees have gone on to receive federal grant funding, have published their work in peer-reviewed journals and have presented their work both locally and nationally.

Publications

  • Published 4/6/2026

    Thomas HN, Norman MK, Vempalli H, Hamm M, White GE, Morone NE, Murrell AJ, Rubio DM, Gauvin N. "Academia Is a Very Unforgiving Space": A Qualitative Study of Challenges Faced by Under-represented Scholars in Biomedical Research. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Apr 06. PMID: 41942825.

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  • Published 2/6/2026

    Gauvin N, Thomas H, Vempalli H, White GE, Morone NE, Murrell AJ, Hamm ME, Rubio D, Norman MK. Erratum: Motivations to pursue careers in health research: A qualitative study of underrepresented faculty in the health sciences - CORRIGENDUM. J Clin Transl Sci. 2026; 10(1):e22. PMID: 41694064.

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  • Published 1/2/2026

    Roth IJ, Harr ED, Lathren CR, Barnhill JL, Rodriguez RD, Baez JE, Morone NE. A protocol for using rapid qualitative techniques to incorporate multi-level stakeholder feedback in a pragmatic clinical trial of mindfulness for chronic low back pain. PLoS One. 2026; 21(1):e0338304. PMID: 41481603.

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  • Published 12/9/2025

    Roseen EJ, Smith CN, Rahim A, Deal C, Fischer R, Morone NE, Flack A, Penza C, Suri P, Dougherty PE, Weiner DK, Schneider MJ. Which lumbar spinal stenosis patients will improve with nonsurgical treatment? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Chiropr Man Therap. 2025 Dec 09; 33(1):57. PMID: 41366694.

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  • Published 11/3/2025

    Gauvin N, Thomas H, Vempalli H, White GE, Morone NE, Murrell AJ, Hamm ME, Norman MK, Rubio D. Motivations to pursue careers in health research: A qualitative study of underrepresented faculty in the health sciences. J Clin Transl Sci. 2026; 10(1):e5. PMID: 41536820.

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Education

  • Michigan State University, MD

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