Naoko Muramatsu, PhD, MHSA, FGSA
Professor
Community Health Sciences
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Contact
Building & Room:
687 SPHPI
Address:
1603 W. Taylor St.
Office Phone:
Institute for Health Research and Policy
Building & Room:
594 WROB
Address:
1747 W. Roosevelt Rd.
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| Monday | 04:00pm – 05:00am | |
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| Wednesday | 04:00pm – 05:00pm | |
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About
Dr. Naoko Muramatsu is a professor in the division of Community Health Sciences in the UIC School of Public Health and an affiliated faculty in the Department of Sociology in the UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dr. Muramatsu is a Co-Director (Contact PI) of the Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging (CHECA), a part of the national network of 18 Resource Centers for Minority Aging (RCMAR) funded by the National Institute on Aging of NIH. Dr. Muramatsu is passionate about improving the well-being of aging populations and the quality of long-term care systems. Her research focuses on understanding how place impacts aging, health, work, and caregiving experiences of diverse populations nationally and globally. Her current research develops cost-effective, sustainable community-based health promotion programs in partnership with older adults, caregivers, community-based organizations, and multidisciplinary research teams. Guided by life course perspectives, Dr. Muramatsu uses multilevel longitudinal analysis and mixed methods to understand and intervene upon the complex individual, organizational, and system-level factors that impact aging populations and the quality of health care systems.
Selected Grants
National Institute on Aging (NIA), Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging - Joining Population Science and Health Promotion (CHECA), MPI (Contact Principal Investigator)
NHLBI/NIH, ILLInet RECOVER, MPI
National Institute on Aging, Promoting In-Home Activities at a Memory & Aging Clinic (Pro-Home MeC), Principal Investigator
National Institute on Aging, Promoting Seniors' Health with Home Care Aides (Pro-Home), Principal Investigator
Selected Publications
Yin, L, Caceres M, Skowronski, J, Muramatsu, N. 2023. Assessing motor function in frail older adults in their home settings: Challenges, strategies and recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(15):6515.
Muramatsu, N., Sokas, R.K., Lukyanova, V., Zanoni, J. 2019. Perceived stress and health among home care aides caring for older clients in a Medicaid-funded home care program. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30(2):721-238.
Mitchell, U.A., Chebli, P., Ruggiero, L., Muramatsu, N. 2019. The digital divide in health-related technology use: The significance of race/ethnicity. The Gerontologist, 59(1):6-14.
Muramatsu, N. and Akiyama, H. 2011. Japan: Super aging society preparing for the future. The Gerontologist, 51(4): 425-432.
Tsutsui, T and Muramatsu, N. 2007. Japan’s universal long term care system reform of 2005: Containing costs and realizing a vision. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(9):1458-1463.
Notable Honors
2015 - present, Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
2010 - present, Member, Delta Omega Honor Society
1988, Fulbright Scholarship, US Department of States
Education
Ph.D. Health Services Organization and Policy (Sociology and Organizational Studies), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1995
M.A. Sociology (Demography and Organizational Studies), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1993
M.H.S.A. Master of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1990
Selected Presentations
Muramatsu, N. Bridging Research to Practice: Pro-Home Empowers Care Partners to Promote Exercise in Home Care. Symposium (Chair, Muramatsu) presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Tampa, FL. November 11, 2023. Innovation in Aging, 7(S1):549–550.
Muramatsu, N. Place, Time, and Structural Racism: Global Perspectives for Reimagining Aging. Presented as a part of the Presidential Symposium, “The Intersection of Age and Race: Impact on Reimagining Aging” (Chairs: Jarrott, S., and Lincoln, K.; Discussant: Levy, R; with Gonzales, E., Muñoz, E., Robinson-Lane, S.). Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, November 4, 2022.