Overview
Dr. Muiruri is a health services researcher, Assistant Professor in the Duke Department of Population Health Sciences, Assistant Research Professor in the Global Health Institute, and Adjunct lecturer at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi Tanzania.
Broadly, his research seeks to improve the quality of healthcare and reduce disparities for persons with multiple chronic conditions both in and outside the United States. His current work focuses on prevention of nonAIDS comorbidities among people living with HIV. His current projects funded by NIAID, NHLBI and NIMHD focus on improving the quality of cardiovascular disease prevention and care among people living with HIV in North Carolina and Tanzania.
Areas of Expertise: Mixed methods, Qualitative methods, Applied Econometrics in Health services Research, Preference research, Implementation Science, Global Health, Health Policy
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Enhancing Cardiovascular Health in Southeastern United States for Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities With HIV: A Qualitative Inquiry Using the Health Belief Model.
Journal Article J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care · January 2026 People with HIV from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority (URM) groups are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Guided by the health belief model, we conducted in-depth interviews with URM with HIV, established CVD, and CV ... Full text Link to item CiteDo Patient Preferences and Treatment Beliefs Explain Patterns of Antihypertensive Medication Nonadherence? A Discrete Choice Experiment.
Journal Article Med Decis Making · January 2026 BackgroundMedication adherence is a critical factor in hypertension management, which remains a challenge for public health systems.MethodsGraded-pair questions were used to quantify the perception of how much nonadherence to antihypertensives increases th ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University
ResearchFaculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 20322/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Pharmacists for Prevention (P4P): Harnessing the role of pharmacists in ending the HIV epidemic through collaboration with minority-serving pharmacy schools.
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030View All Grants