Profile

Professor Muruthi’s research interests are in health disparities among underserved aging minorities and their families. His specific areas of research include ways to leverage social capital to ensure healthy aging among these marginalized groups. His current research program combines health disparities and strength and coping frameworks to investigate mechanisms through which social capital directly/indirectly impacts health. With this focus, his research aims to inform the development and evaluation of community-informed frameworks and interventions for promoting health among aging minorities. Currently, his lines of research focus on: (1) promoting health communication among aging migrant seasonal farm workers; (2) understanding resilience and health among aging LGBTQ+ adults; (3) utilizing longitudinal data to enhance the understanding of non-communicable diseases in older Africans, and (4) investigating sociostructural determinants of health in aging Black individuals. He collaborates with local, national, and international colleagues in these research activities.