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Bertranna Muruthi, PhD, MS

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Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program
bm3345@drexel.edu
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Degrees

PhD, University of Georgia, Human Development and Family Science
MS, Miami University, Family Studies
BA, Miami University, Women’s Studies

Bio

Bertranna A. Muruthi, PhD, MS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Health & Prevention. Muruthi joined the Dornsife School of Public Health as part of the Drexel FIRST (Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation) program.

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Research Interests

  • Immigrant Health
  • Global Health or International Health
  • Community Engaged Research
  • Community Based Participatory Research
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Health Disparities

Publications

Selected Publications

Muruthi, B.A., *Thompson Cañas, R. E., *Romero, L., Chronister, K., *Cheng, Y., *Taiwo, A., *Krakani, B.S., Lahoti, A. (2022). African immigrant women’s perspectives on network support and interpersonal violence: A Transnational Perspective., Journal of Family Violence

Muruthi, J.R., Muruthi, B.A., *Thompson-Cañas, R. E., *Romero, L., *Taiwo, A., Ehlinger, P.P. (2022). Discrimination, Church Support, Personal Mastery, and Psychological Distress in Black People in the U.S., Ethnicity & Health

Taschman, K., Muruthi, B.A., *Romero, L., *Thompson Cañas, R.E. (2022) “Sentí que Alguien Murió” [“I felt someone died”]: Ambiguous Loss in the Face of Parental Deportation., Child and Family Social Work

Muruthi, B.A., *Janes, E. E., Chou J., Richardson, S., West, J. M., & *Chevalier, M. (2021). “First thing when I walk through the door, I am a Black woman”: Understanding Afro-Caribbean women's perceptions of race and ethnicity in the United States. Journal of Systemic Therapy, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.75

Muruthi, B.A., Watkins, K., McCoy, M. A., White, K. J., McRell, A. S., Thomas, M., & *Taiwo, A. (2021). “Save, even if it’s a penny”: Transnational financial socialization of Black immigrant women. Journal of Financial Therapy, 11 (2), 3. https://doi.org/10.4148/1944-9771.1234

View Dr. Muruthi's complete list of publications on PubMed