Special Lecture on Global Burden of Disease – Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray (Director of IHME, University of Washington, USA)

Dear Profs and Students,

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides a tool to quantify health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved and disparities can be eliminated. The University of Washington School of Medicine, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) was founded in 2007. It is the most important institution leading the research on the global burden of disease.

We are honored to invited Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray, IHME Director; Department of Health Metrics Sciences in University of Washington give us a Special Lecture on Global Burden of Disease. The topic is “Implications of GBD during the global fight of COVID-19 pandemic.”. We cordially invite you to join the lecture.

Please find the more detail as below：
Topic: Implications of GBD during the global fight of COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaker: Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray, Professor; IHME Director; Chair, Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington.
Date: 10:00am-12:00pm, Jan. 11th, 2023 (Wed.)
Venue: Cheng-Pu Conference Hall-4F, Comprehensive Medical Building (Front Building)]
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/BR6DSM8sAoPqn7NDA

※College of Public Health will recognized the CFD training hours after the lecture. Please register in advance.