Adel Mburia-Mwalili, Ph.D., MPH

Teaching Associate Professor
Adel Mburia-Mwalili

Summary

Prior to joining the University of Nevada, Reno, Adel Mburia-Mwalili worked as a Biostatistician in the Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. In addition, Mburia-Mwalili has international research and teaching experience having taught at Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya and malaria and intestinal helminths research in Kenya funded by the World Health Organization.

Research interests

  • Maternal child health
  • Birth defects
  • Social support
  • Intimate partner violence

Selected publications

  • Mburia-Mwalili, A. & Yang, W. (2015). Interpregnancy interval and birth defects. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical Molecular Teratology, 103(11), 904-12.
  • Mburia-Mwalili, A. & Yang, W. (2014). Birth defects surveillance in the United States: Challenges and implications of international classification of diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification implementation. International Scholarly Research Notices.
  • Mburia-Mwalili, A., Clements-Nolle, K., Lee, W., Shadley, M. & Yang, W. (2010). Intimate partner violence and depression in a population-based sample of women: Can social support help? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25, 2258-2278.
  • Granner,  M. L. & Mburia-Mwalili, A. (2010). Correlates of television viewing among African American and Caucasian women. Women and Health, 50(8), 783-94.
  • Cook, D. & Mburia-Mwalili, A. (2009). Medication therapy management favors large pharmacy chains and creates potential conflicts of interest. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, 15(6), 495-500.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2015
  • MPH in Epidemiology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2008
  • M.Ed., Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 1999