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Christopher J L Murray

Christopher J L Murray

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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
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  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Christopher J L Murray is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and specializes primarily in Medicine. Their research output includes 168 publications in the field, with a particular concentration in several subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Epidemiology, and Health.

The scientist's work focuses on multiple main topics that include:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Christopher J L Murray has published extensively in several leading venues. Notable publication venues where they have contributed most frequently are:

  • The Lancet
  • Nature Medicine
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis (2022, The Lancet)
  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2020, The Lancet)
  • Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990-2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study (2020, The Lancet)
  • Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study (2020, The Lancet)
  • US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016 (2020, JAMA)

Collaboration forms a significant part of their research with frequent coauthors including Simon I Hay, Ali H. Mokdad, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Stephen S Lim, and Peng Zheng. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of work, reflected in the number of joint publications.

Christopher J L Murray is recognized for contributions to global health research and was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020: Global Burden of Disease Study

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Alan D. Lopez

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

    Walter Willett;Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Brent Loken;Marco Springmann

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • The global burden of disease: a comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases injuries and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020.

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Alan D. Lopez

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data

    Alan D Lopez;Colin D Mathers;Majid Ezzati;Dean T Jamison;Dean T Jamison

  • Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

    Harvey A. Whiteford;Harvey A. Whiteford;Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Juergen Rehm;Juergen Rehm;Amanda J. Baxter;Amanda J. Baxter

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Alan D. Lopez

  • The Global Burden of Disease Study

    C. J. L. Murray;A. D. Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Rafael Lozano
Rafael Lozano University of Washington
Joshua A. Salomon
Joshua A. Salomon Stanford University
Stephen S Lim
Stephen S Lim University of Washington
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Naohiro Yonemoto
Naohiro Yonemoto University of Toyama

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