Christopher J.L. Murray | |
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| Born | August 15, 1962 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Known for | Public health |
| Relatives | Megan B. Murray (sister) |
| Awards | John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award (2018) Rhodes Scholarship |
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| Institutions | IHME University of Washington Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health World Health Organization |
| Website | www |
Christopher J.L. Murray[1][2] (born August 16, 1962) is an American physician, health economist, and global health researcher. He is a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he is Chair of Health Metrics Science and the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).[3]
Beginning in 1990, he has worked on ways to measure the burden of disease and disability around the globe. He has led several projects to gather that data, disease-by-disease, country by country. The aim of these efforts, which involves the work of hundreds of researchers, is to provide data for policy makers around the world to allocate healthcare resources.
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- ^ "Christopher J.L. Murray | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation". www.healthdata.org. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
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