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Dr. Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation

Dr. Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Chris Murray, Co-Founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Dr. Murray discusses his ground-breaking report, The Global Burden of Disease 2010, a systematic, scientific effort to quantify the magnitude of global deaths and disability due to diseases, injuries and risk factors by age, sex and geography.