Joanne M. Murabito MD
Professor, General Internal Medicine
73 Mt Wayte Ave | (508) 935-3461joanne.murabito@bmc.org
murabito@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
Framingham Heart Study
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
SM/ScM, Harvard University
BA, University of Rochester
Publications
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.
Published on 5/1/2026Tao 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.
Published on 3/26/2026Yang 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.
Published on 3/18/2026Bernatz 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.
Published on 3/18/2026Maher S, Scott MR, Buckley RF, DeCarli CS, Aparicio HJ, Romero JR, Vasan RS, Murabito JM, Bhasin S, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, McGrath ER. Number of Live Births as a Protective Factor Against Clinical and Covert Brain Infarcts: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 07; 15(7):e044037. PMID: 41848034.
Published on 2/27/2026Chen J, Doyle MF, Cao Y, Iyer S, Ragab AAY, Murabito JM, Lunetta KL. Circulating immune cell phenotypes are associated with inflammatory biomarkers in dementia-free participants from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 27; 16(1). PMID: 41760714.
Published on 2/18/2026Ding H, Orwig TA, Rong J, Tatere HY, Liu C, Schramm E, Pathiravasan CH, Murabito JM, Lin H. Associations Between Smartphone-Based Finger Tapping and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Feb 18; 28:e82463. PMID: 41707186.
Published on 2/10/2026Gifford KA, Rong J, Schramm E, Zhang Y, Pathiravasan CH, Benjamin EJ, Lin H, Liu C, Au R, Libon DJ, Murabito JM. Digital Stroop Test as a neurocognitive marker in a community-based sample of older adults: Data from the Framingham Heart Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Mar; 110(1):463-470. PMID: 41668525.
Published on 12/17/2025Paul TJ, Sadaniantz K, Soni A, Asaker JC, Pathiravasan CH, Mehawej J, Filippaios A, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Liu C, Lin H, Murabito JM, McManus DD, Kovell LC. Patterns of adherence to home blood pressure monitoring among men and women in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0337284. PMID: 41406142.
Published on 12/2/2025Iyer 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.
Media Mentions
Published on 9/27/2023
Framingham Heart Study celebrates 75th anniversary
Published on 2/11/2019
Charles River, Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
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