Dr. Timothy M. Muia

Timothy M. Muia is a Founding Board Member and Chairman of Kwetu Pay It Forward Foundation. Dr. Muia is currently finishing his medical internship at Florida International University Hospital, Miami, Florida. Born and raised in Kenya, immigrated to the USA at the tender age of 21, with the goal of becoming a neurologist. Dr. Muia earned his bachelor’s degree in Biology, Pre-medicine at Liberty University, enrolled at Columbia University, NY for masters in Neuroscience and St. George`s University for the Doctor of Medicine (MD).

He was awarded prestigious academic scholarships while at Liberty, Columbia and St. George’s universities.  As a mental health advocate, Dr. Muia has conducted research at the Moore lab, working with schizophrenic mice models. Dr. Muia has spoken in two conferences in Kenya in advocacy for mental health stigma and health as a whole. In Dec 6th, 2023, Dr. Muia was awarded the honor of speaking and presenting at the Guyana Wellbeing Conference on the topic of schizophrenia and mental health.

Dr. Muia comes from a marginalized community and his grandeur vision is to build a world class hospital in Kenya that will serve to: 1. Ensure medical access to all, 2. Advocate and eradicate mental health stigma and 3. Establish a firm neuroscience research center in the African continent.