James Muchira

  • Vanderbilt University

    School of Nursing to host free virtual panel on planetary health

    The Vanderbilt School of Nursing will host a free virtual panel discussion on Thursday, May 2, at noon, on the emerging multi- and transdisciplinary field of planetary health. Topics will include the implications for health and health equity, clinical practice, research, education and advocacy, and a solutions-focused mindset for the… Read More

    Apr. 18, 2024

  • American Heart Association Professional Heart Daily: Research Article of the Year Award

    American Heart Association Professional Heart Daily: Research Article of the Year Award

    The Vanderbilt School of Nursing will host a free virtual panel discussion on Thursday, May 2, at noon, on the emerging multi- and transdisciplinary field of planetary health. Topics will include the implications for health and health equity, clinical practice, research, education and advocacy, and a solutions-focused mindset for the… Read More

    Jul. 26, 2021

  • Mothers’ lifestyle predicts when offspring will have first heart attack or stroke

    Mothers’ lifestyle predicts when offspring will have first heart attack or stroke

    The Vanderbilt School of Nursing will host a free virtual panel discussion on Thursday, May 2, at noon, on the emerging multi- and transdisciplinary field of planetary health. Topics will include the implications for health and health equity, clinical practice, research, education and advocacy, and a solutions-focused mindset for the… Read More

    Jul. 26, 2021

  • Maternal health expert James Muchira named to American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholars Program

    Maternal health expert James Muchira named to American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholars Program

    The Vanderbilt School of Nursing will host a free virtual panel discussion on Thursday, May 2, at noon, on the emerging multi- and transdisciplinary field of planetary health. Topics will include the implications for health and health equity, clinical practice, research, education and advocacy, and a solutions-focused mindset for the… Read More

    Jul. 26, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Maternal Health Crisis

    The Vanderbilt School of Nursing will host a free virtual panel discussion on Thursday, May 2, at noon, on the emerging multi- and transdisciplinary field of planetary health. Topics will include the implications for health and health equity, clinical practice, research, education and advocacy, and a solutions-focused mindset for the… Read More

    Jul. 20, 2021

  • Child stands on scale, adult behind them. Only legs and scale show.

    Muchira studys links in mother-child cardiovascular health, coronavirus anxiety

    Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, School of Nursing postdoctoral fellow James Muchira designed a study to examine the relationship between maternal cardiovascular health and early childhood obesity and arterial stiffness in 1- to 5-year-old children. He altered his recruitment and data collection protocols to prioritize the safety of the participants and research personnel when he returned to the lab through Vanderbilt's Research Ramp-up process. Read More

    Feb. 6, 2021