Christopher J.L. Murray

At-a-Glance

Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Chair and Adjunct Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington.
Founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Physician and health economist focused on strengthening health measurement and analyzing public health systems.
Develops new methods and empirical studies to assess the cost-effectiveness of health technologies.

Biography

Christopher J.L. Murray is an American physician and health economist. He serves as the Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and is a Professor and Chair of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington (UW).

Murray founded IHME, an organization dedicated to providing rigorous and comparable measurement of global health problems and evaluating strategies to address them. His career focuses on improving health worldwide through enhanced health evidence.