Natalia E. Morone MD, MS
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7399natalia.morone@bmc.org
moronen@bu.edu

Sections
General Internal 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.
Education
Medicine, MD, Michigan State University
Publications
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. 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39694443.
Published on 11/7/2024Cheville AL, Patil C, Boyd AD, Crofford L, Dailey D, de Martelly V, Del Fiol G, Ezenwa M, Faurot K, Knisely M, McLeod K, Morone N, O'Brien E, Gonzalez-Guarda R, Sluka K, Staman K, Thackeray A, Zigler C, Schlaeger J. Special Section on Patient-Reported Outcomes and Informatics: Collection of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Rural and Underserved Populations. Appl Clin Inform. 2024 Nov 07. PMID: 39510534.
Published on 10/3/2024Victorson D, Morone NE, Pilkonis PA, Schalet B, Yu L, Jackson KL, Dodds N, Horowitz B, Johnston K, McFarland C, Klem ML, Sauer C, Choi S, Moskowitz JT, Ong JC, Addington EL, Satyshur MD, Suss SJ, Daehler S, Greco CM. Using PROMIS Methodology to Create Self-Report Measures of Mindfulness and Related Concepts. Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2024; 13:27536130241290771. PMID: 39381495.
Published on 6/19/2024Shah N, Morone N, Kim E, Ellis TD, Cohn E, LaValley MP, Kumar D. Telehealth mindful exercise for people with knee osteoarthritis: A decentralized feasibility randomized controlled trial. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2024 Sep; 6(3):100494. PMID: 39021877.
Published on 6/1/2024Murrell AJ, Rubio DM, Thakar MS, Morone NE, White GE. Mentoring as a Buffer for the Impact of Social Unrest due to Systemic Racism and Ambient Discrimination. Chron Mentor Coach. 2024 Jun; 8(1):116-125. PMID: 39282092.
Published on 5/2/2024Roseen EJ, Joyce C, Winbush S, Pavco-Luttschwager N, Morone NE, Saper RB, Bartels S, Patel KV, Keysor JJ, Bean JF, Laird LD. Primary care barriers and facilitators to nonpharmacologic treatments for low back pain: A qualitative pilot study. PM R. 2024 May 02. PMID: 38695321.
Published on 3/22/2024Thakar MS, Rubio DM, Murrell AJ, Morone NE, Mitchell Miland C, White GE. The impact of inclusive mentoring and identity work on self-efficacy in career advancement and career commitment among underrepresented early-career faculty and post-doctoral fellows. J Clin Transl Sci. 2024; 8(1):e61. PMID: 38655454.
Published on 2/10/2024Palfai TP, Morone NE, Kratzer MPL, Murray GE, Otis JD, Maisto SA, Rowland BHP. Mobile health intervention to address chronic pain among those who engage in hazardous drinking: A pilot study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Mar 01; 256:111121. PMID: 38367537.
Published on 2/5/2024Morone NE, Harr ED, Baez JE, Rodriguez RD, Lawrence SM, Barnhill JL, Roth I. Integrating a Community Advisory Board Into a Pragmatic Trial of Mindfulness for Chronic Low Back Pain. Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2024; 13:27536130241231736. PMID: 38322150.
Published on 1/5/2024Joyce CT, Roseen EJ, Smith CN, Patterson CG, McDonough CM, Hurstak E, Morone NE, Beneciuk J, Stevans JM, Delitto A, Saper RB. A Cluster Analysis of Initial Primary Care Orders for Patients with Acute Low Back Pain. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Jan 05; 36(6):986-995. PMID: 38182423.
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