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Murugi Ndirangu

Ph.D, Assistant Professor

868 Urban Life Building
Office: (404) 413-1233
Fax: (404) 413- 1228
Email: mndirangu@gsu.edu

Comments from the Professor
I have an interest in rural and urban health issues. Currently, I am working with multidisplinary teams of researchers and policy makers drawn from within and outside GSU in areas such as nutrition and HIV, food security, international nutrition, immigrant health and using community based participatory approaches to implement nutrition interventions.

Education

  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Global Health and Economic Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University in New York, Sept 2005 to Aug 2007
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition and Food Systems, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg Mississippi, August 2005
  • Postgraduate diploma in Complementary Studies in International Food Science and Nutrition. International Course in Food Science and Nutrition, University of Gent, Belgium July 2001
  • Master of Education (Psychology), Kenyatta University Nairobi Kenya, December 1996
  • Bachelor of Education (Home Economics), Upper Second Class Honors, Kenyatta University Nairobi Kenya, December1989

Courses Taught
Perspectives in Contemporary Culture (World Foods)
Nutrition Interventions
Nutrition and Health
Senior Seminar

Research
HIV and nutrition
Community participation research
Food security
Migrant health

Selected Publications

  • Ndirangu, M., Yadrick, K., Bogle, M., & Graham-Kresge, S. (2008) Community- academia partnerships to promote nutrition in the Lower Mississippi Delta: Community members’ perceptions of effectiveness, barriers and factors related to success. Health Promot Pract.  Jul;9(3):237-45. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
  • McGee, B.B., Richardson, V., Johnson, G.S., Thornton, A., Johnson, C., Yadrick, K., Ndirangu, M., Goolsby, S., Watkins, D., Simpson, P.M., Hyman, E., Stigger, F., Bogle, M.L, Kramer, T.R., Strickland, E., and McCabe-Sellers, B. (2008). Perceptions of Factors Influencing Healthful Food Consumption Behavior in the Lower Mississippi Delta: Focus Group Findings. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior , Vol 40, Issue 2, March-April 2008, Pgs 102-109
  • Ndirangu, M., Perkins, H., Yadrick, K., West, J.R., Avis, A., Bogle, M.L., Santell, R., & Connell, C. (2007). Conducting needs assessment using the CPPE model to develop nutrition and physical activity interventions in the Lower Mississippi Delta.  Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education and Action, Spring, Vol. 1.1 Pgs 41-48
  • Zoellner J, Powers A, Avis-Williams A, Ndirangu M, Yadrick K. Compliance and acceptability of maintaining a 6-month pedometer diary in a rural, African American community-based walking intervention. Journal of Physical Activity and Health (In press)
  • Okosun, I. S., Bhatt, D.V., Boltri, J. M., Ndirangu, M.  Self reported and measured height and weight: Impact on racial/ethnic differences in hypertension. Journal of Ethnicity and Disease (In press)

Professional Services Activities
Member International Urban Health Association
Member Community-Campus Partnership for Health