DR KUI MURAYA
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Kui Muraya is a gender and health systems researcher based at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya and a fellow of the Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL). She currently leads the gender and health research within KWTRP, and is the principal investigator of a participatory study exploring gender and societal norms that influence male engagement in child health and nutrition within urban informal settlements; with the aim of co-creating a context-specific, feasible, and scalable male engagement intervention package for improved and more responsive health service delivery. She has a PhD in Health and Social Care from the Open University, UK; a Bachelor of Arts degree (majoring in Psychology & Anthropology) from the University of Adelaide, Australia; and a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree (General Practice, Hons.) from the same institution. Her PhD focused on the interaction between household gender relations and community-based child nutrition interventions within rural Kenya. More recently she played a leading role as a gender specialist and social scientist in a multi-country study exploring (socioeconomic, cultural and household) factors that contribute to post-hospital discharge mortality in acutely ill undernourished children, with a goal to develop targeted actionable interventions to lower mortality. She was also a co-principal investigator in a multi-country study exploring gender and leadership within health systems in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa; and continues to support intersectionality analyses of data produced from this work. She is a Steering Committee member of the Research in Gender & Ethics (RinGs): Building Stronger Health Systems Network and a mentor in The Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research mentorship programme for early career female researchers. Her other research interests include intersectionality research, qualitative research methods, research uptake and translation of evidence into policy.
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"We are their eyes and ears here on the ground, yet they do not appreciate us"-Factors influencing the performance of Kenyan community health volunteers working in urban informal settlements.
Ogutu, M. O., Kamui, E., Abuya, T., Muraya, K.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001815
The hidden emotional labour behind ensuring the social value of research: Experiences of frontline health policy and systems researchers based in Kenya during COVID-19.
Nzinga, J., Oliwa, J., Oluoch, D., Jepkosgei, J., Mbuthia, D., Boga, M., Musitia, P., Ogola, M., Muinga, N., Muraya, K., Hinga, A., Kamuya, D., Kelley, M., Molyneux, S.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0002116
Intersectional insights into racism and health: not just a question of identity.
Shannon, G., Morgan, R., Zeinali, Z., Brady, L., Couto, M. T., Devakumar, D., Eder, B., Karadag, O., Mukherjee, M., Peres, M. F. T., Ryngelblum, M., Sabharwal, N., Schonfield, A., Silwane, P., Singh, D., Van Ryneveld, M., Vilakati, S., Watego, C., Whyle, E., Muraya, K.
Lancet, (2022). 400:2125-2136
Treatment-seeking and recovery among young undernourished children post-hospital discharge in Bangladesh: A qualitative study.
Uddin, M. F., Molyneux, S., Muraya, K., Jemutai, J., Berkley, J. A., Walson, J. L., Hossain, M. A., Islam, M. A., Zakayo, S. M., Njeru, R. W., Ahmed, T., Chisti, M. J., Sarma, H.
PLoS One, (2022). 17:e0274996
Gender Quotas, the ‘Two-Thirds Gender Rule’ and Health Leadership: The Case of Kenya.
Muraya, K
Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation, (2022). :85-94
DR KUI MURAYA
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Biography
Kui Muraya is a gender and health systems researcher based at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya and a fellow of the Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL). She currently leads the gender and health research within KWTRP, and is the principal investigator of a participatory study exploring gender and societal norms that influence male engagement in child health and nutrition within urban informal settlements; with the aim of co-creating a context-specific, feasible, and scalable male engagement intervention package for improved and more responsive health service delivery. She has a PhD in Health and Social Care from the Open University, UK; a Bachelor of Arts degree (majoring in Psychology & Anthropology) from the University of Adelaide, Australia; and a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree (General Practice, Hons.) from the same institution. Her PhD focused on the interaction between household gender relations and community-based child nutrition interventions within rural Kenya. More recently she played a leading role as a gender specialist and social scientist in a multi-country study exploring (socioeconomic, cultural and household) factors that contribute to post-hospital discharge mortality in acutely ill undernourished children, with a goal to develop targeted actionable interventions to lower mortality. She was also a co-principal investigator in a multi-country study exploring gender and leadership within health systems in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa; and continues to support intersectionality analyses of data produced from this work. She is a Steering Committee member of the Research in Gender & Ethics (RinGs): Building Stronger Health Systems Network and a mentor in The Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research mentorship programme for early career female researchers. Her other research interests include intersectionality research, qualitative research methods, research uptake and translation of evidence into policy.
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"We are their eyes and ears here on the ground, yet they do not appreciate us"-Factors influencing the performance of Kenyan community health volunteers working in urban informal settlements.
Ogutu, M. O., Kamui, E., Abuya, T., Muraya, K.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001815
The hidden emotional labour behind ensuring the social value of research: Experiences of frontline health policy and systems researchers based in Kenya during COVID-19.
Nzinga, J., Oliwa, J., Oluoch, D., Jepkosgei, J., Mbuthia, D., Boga, M., Musitia, P., Ogola, M., Muinga, N., Muraya, K., Hinga, A., Kamuya, D., Kelley, M., Molyneux, S.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0002116
Intersectional insights into racism and health: not just a question of identity.
Shannon, G., Morgan, R., Zeinali, Z., Brady, L., Couto, M. T., Devakumar, D., Eder, B., Karadag, O., Mukherjee, M., Peres, M. F. T., Ryngelblum, M., Sabharwal, N., Schonfield, A., Silwane, P., Singh, D., Van Ryneveld, M., Vilakati, S., Watego, C., Whyle, E., Muraya, K.
Lancet, (2022). 400:2125-2136
Treatment-seeking and recovery among young undernourished children post-hospital discharge in Bangladesh: A qualitative study.
Uddin, M. F., Molyneux, S., Muraya, K., Jemutai, J., Berkley, J. A., Walson, J. L., Hossain, M. A., Islam, M. A., Zakayo, S. M., Njeru, R. W., Ahmed, T., Chisti, M. J., Sarma, H.
PLoS One, (2022). 17:e0274996
Gender Quotas, the ‘Two-Thirds Gender Rule’ and Health Leadership: The Case of Kenya.
Muraya, K
Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation, (2022). :85-94