K. Jane Muir, PhD, APRN is an Assistant Professor at Penn Nursing in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine. Her program of research uses quantitative and qualitative methods to identify models of care that improve timely and equitable care in community-facing settings such as emergency departments and community health clinics. Dr. Muir’s research focuses on improving outcomes both for patients and the clinicians caring for them, given the critical relationship between high-quality health care work environments and optimal patient outcomes. Her current research focuses on reducing emergency department re-visits and avoidable outcomes for patients with limited English proficiency. She is also passionate about reducing workplace violence exposures for clinicians in hospitals and home health care settings. Her research has been featured in JAMA Network Open, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety, and Social Science & Medicine.
Dr. Muir completed undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Virginia followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently practices as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Puentes de Salud.
