Anthony Muiru

Anthony Muiru, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding the determinants of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in rural East Africa and African American populations. He is Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded SEARCH-CKD study examining CKD and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa. His work emphasizes addressing health disparities, including the disproportionate burden of end-stage kidney disease among African Americans and the lack of kidney replacement therapy access in low-resource settings.

• Education: B.A. in Molecular & Cell Biology (UC Berkeley, 2006), M.D. (Harvard Medical School, 2012), M.P.H. (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2016), Nephrology Fellowship (UCSF, 2018).
• Research Interests: Global health equity, APOL1 genetics in CKD, HIV-associated kidney disease, and DEI initiatives at UCSF.

Key publications highlight CKD epidemiology in East Africa, APOL1 risk variants, and the impact of acute kidney injury on CKD progression. He has secured NIH funding (K23DK119562) and collaborates with institutions like UCSF, Mass General Hospital, and Makerere University in Uganda.