Nicole L. Spartano, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Nicole Spartano, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She serves as the Director of the Glucose Monitoring Station at the Framingham Heart Study. This study is funded through an R01 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Spartano, PI) to use continuous glucose monitors in a non-diabetic population to measure glucose patterns that may predict the development of diabetes. She also serves as the Co-Director of the Physical Activity Station at the Framingham Heart Study, overseeing data collection using accelerometers (fitness trackers). She has received funding from the American Heart Association and Alzheimer's Association to understand the impact of physical activity throughout the lifecourse on brain health and the risk for dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Spartano also has a major research interest in using mobile health technology to improve health in underserved patient populations at Boston Medical Center. She is exploring the use of continuous glucose monitors as a tool for enhancing lifestyle interventions in patients with and without diabetes mellitus. She shares a MPI role on a Focused Research Project funded by Boston University’s Hariri Institute, which facilitates collaborations of clinical and computational investigators. This team is developing a software platform that can continuously collect mobile health data from research participants and patients. The goal of creating this platform is to address challenges in privacy and in providing timely communication to medically vulnerable patients.

Dr. Spartano also teaches courses for Boston University Graduate Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, and Sargent College of Health Sciences.

Publications

  • 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 3/11/2025

    Alexanian SM, Cheney MC, Bello Ramos JC, Spartano NL, Wolpert HA, Steenkamp DW. Impact of Meal Insulin Bolus Timing and Bedtime Snacking on Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Derived Glycemic Metrics in Hospitalized Inpatients. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2025 Mar 11. PMID: 40067436.

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  • Published 2/12/2025

    Spartano NL, Prescott B, Walker ME, Shi E, Venkatesan G, Fei D, Lin H, Murabito JM, Ahn D, Battelino T, Edelman SV, Fleming GA, Freckmann G, Galindo RJ, Joubert M, Lansang MC, Mader JK, Mankovsky B, Mathioudakis NN, Mohan V, Peters AL, Shah VN, Spanakis EK, Waki K, Wright EE, Zilbermint M, Wolpert HA, Steenkamp DW. Expert Clinical Interpretation of Continuous Glucose Monitor Reports From Individuals Without Diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2025 Feb 12; 19322968251315171. PMID: 39936548.

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  • Published 12/4/2024

    Alexanian SM, Cheney MC, Spartano NL, Bello-Ramos JC, Reddy N, Malik A, Murati J, Wolpert HA, Steenkamp DW. Comparing Postprandial Glycemic Control Using Fiasp vs Insulin Aspart in Hospitalized Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Endocr Pract. 2025 Mar; 31(3):306-314. PMID: 39643003.

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  • Published 10/6/2024

    Klonoff DC, Freckmann G, Pleus S, Kovatchev BP, Kerr D, Tse CC, Li C, Agus MSD, Dungan K, Voglová Hagerf B, Krouwer JS, Lee WA, Misra S, Rhee SY, Sabharwal A, Seley JJ, Shah VN, Tran NK, Waki K, Worth C, Tian T, Aaron RE, Rutledge K, Ho CN, Ayers AT, Adler A, Ahn DT, Aktürk HK, Al-Sofiani ME, Bailey TS, Baker M, Bally L, Bannuru RR, Bauer EM, Bee YM, Blanchette JE, Cengiz E, Chase JG, Y Chen K, Cherñavvsky D, Clements M, Cote GL, Dhatariya KK, Drincic A, Ejskjaer N, Espinoza J, Fabris C, Fleming GA, Gabbay MAL, Galindo RJ, Gómez-Medina AM, Heinemann L, Hermanns N, Hoang T, Hussain S, Jacobs PG, Jendle J, Joshi SR, Koliwad SK, Lal RA, Leiter LA, Lind M, Mader JK, Maran A, Masharani U, Mathioudakis N, McShane M, Mehta C, Moon SJ, Nichols JH, O'Neal DN, Pasquel FJ, Peters AL, Pfützner A, Pop-Busui R, Ranjitkar P, Rhee CM, Sacks DB, Schmidt S, Schwaighofer SM, Sheng B, Simonson GD, Sode K, Spanakis EK, Spartano NL, Umpierrez GE, Vareth M, Vesper HW, Wang J, Wright E, Wu AHB, Yeshiwas S, Zilbermint M, Kohn MA. The Diabetes Technology Society Error Grid and Trend Accuracy Matrix for Glucose Monitors. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2024 Nov; 18(6):1346-1361. PMID: 39369312.

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Other Positions

  • Investigator
    Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Tufts University, PhD
  • Tufts University, MS
  • Syracuse University, BS

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