Christopher Murray '80

In just a short time, Chris has made significant strides in the field of global health. After leaving Breck, he earned a BA SC in Biology from Harvard University in 1984. As an undergraduate, Chris was honored with both Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships and received the T. Hoopes Prize in 1984 for outstanding scholarly work or research. He was awarded a Macarthur Fellowship in 1990 recognizing his extraordinary originality and dedication in his creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.

In 1991, he graduated from Harvard Medical School preceded by his study of International Health Economics at Oxford University. After medical school, Chris worked in the Department of Population and International Health at Harvard School of Public Health until 2001 when he became the Director of Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy for the World Health Organization. In 2001, Chris became the Executive Director of Evidence and Information for Policy Cluster with the World Health Organization while serving as an Adjunct Professor of International Health Economics at Harvard. Currently, he is the Director for the Harvard University Initiative for Global Health while also serving as a Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a Richard Saltonstall Professor of Public Policy at Harvard School of Public Health and a Professor of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.