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 3/27/2025

    Barnhill JL, Castro G, Lathren C, Harr E, Roth I, Baez JE, Rodriguez R, Lawrence S, Gardiner P, Greco CM, Thomas HN, Gaylord SA, Dore G, Bengert A, Morone NE. The Hidden Complexity of Virtual Mindfulness-Based Group Medical Visits: Comfort, Challenge, and the Influence of Social Determinants of Health. Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2025; 14:27536130251326938. PMID: 40162193.

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  • Published 3/27/2025

    Kawi J, Yeh CH, Lukkahatai N, Wu H, Morone NE, Glick R, Schlenk EA, Campbell C, Thrul J, Huang X, Wang H, Jia HM, Christo P, Johnson C. Auricular Point Acupressure for Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pain Med. 2025 Mar 27. PMID: 40152243.

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  • Published 2/20/2025

    Roseen EJ, Bussières A, Reichman R, Bora C, Trieu J, Austad K, Williams C, Fischer RA, Parrilla D, Laird LD, LaValley M, Evans RL, Saper RB, Morone NE. A multi-level implementation strategy to increase adoption of chiropractic care for low back pain in primary care clinics: a randomized stepped-wedge pilot study protocol. Chiropr Man Therap. 2025 Feb 20; 33(1):9. PMID: 39979943.

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  • Published 12/16/2024

    Newton RL, Katzmarzyk PT, Kenrik Duru O, Lee A, Irwin A, Mangione CM, Morone NE, Ongeri EM, Shaikh SR, Stanford FC, Stanley TL, Truesdale KP. Increasing diversity in the nutrition, obesity, and diabetes biomedical workforce: the BRIDGES consortium. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb; 121(2):265-273. PMID: 39694443.

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  • Published 11/7/2024

    Cheville A, Patil CL, Boyd AD, Crofford LJ, Dailey D, Martelly V, Fiol GD, Ezenwa MO, Faurot KR, Knisely M, McLeod KR, Morone NE, O'Brien E, Gonzalez-Guarda RM, Sluka KA, Staman K, Thackeray A, Zigler CK, Schlaeger JM. Collection of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Rural and Underserved Populations. Appl Clin Inform. 2025 Mar; 16(2):259-266. PMID: 39510534.

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Education

  • Michigan State University, MD

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