Christopher J.L. Murray

Christopher Murray
Murray in 2010
Born	Christopher J. L. Murray (1962-08-15) August 15, 1962 (age 62) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse	Emmanuela Gakidou
Relatives	Megan B. Murray
Academic career
Field	Global health Health economics
Institutions	University of Washington (2007–present) Harvard School of Public Health (2003–2007) WHO (1998–2003)
Alma mater	Harvard University (AB, MD) University of Oxford (DPhil)
Contributions	Global Burden of Disease
Awards	Rhodes Scholarship (1983) John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award (2018)

Christopher J. L. Murray^[1][2] (born August 16, 1962) is an American physician and economist currently serving as a Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he also serves as chair of Health Metrics Sciences. He is the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a public health research institute best known for publishing the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prior to joining the University of Washington, Murray was the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Murray also served as Executive Director of the Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster at the World Health Organization, where he served under Gro Harlem Brundtland.