Jonathan Muir

Jonathan joined HAALSA as the new project director in 2026; he is a demographer, epidemiologist, and sociologist by training and specializes in population health in resource limited settings. His research has largely focused on investigating short, long term, and even intergenerational health impacts of micro- and macro-level shocks. Prior to joining HAALSA, Jonathan directed population surveillance, pregnancy surveillance, and verbal autopsy efforts for the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network operating in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, and South Africa. Jonathan has a passion for generating high-quality data in resource limited settings through nationally representative survey methods and community-based studies built on the platform of health and demographic surveillance systems. He has over 20 years of experience working with and conducting research among communities and populations across Africa and Southeast Asia.