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Faculty

IHME faculty teach classes as part of the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. The Institute is headed by Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray. Other faculty include: Jed Blore, Lalit Dandona, Majid Ezzati, Abraham Flaxman, Emmanuela Gakidou, Michael Hanlon, Santosh Kumar, Stephen Lim, Alan Lopez, Rafael Lozano, Ali Mokdad, Mohsen Naghavi, Julie Rajaratnam, and Haidong Wang.

Funders

It also has received grant funding from The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Association of Schools of Public Health, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Educational Programs

IHME works to expand the field of health metrics by offering lectures, workshops, and training programs for researchers, policymakers, and journalists.

Coursework

Undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Washington can take classes in an array of population health topics from IHME faculty members. The demand for special training in IHME methods was so strong that the University of Washington Department of Global Health created a Health Metrics and Evaluation track in its Master of Public Health program.

Fellowships

Every year, IHME receives more than 500 applications to fill fewer than 20 openings for Post-Bachelor and Post-Graduate Fellows. The fellows come from diverse backgrounds, such as economics, engineering, and computer science. Most are from the US, but every cohort includes a sizeable number from outside the US, including fellows from Iran, France, China, Japan, and Kenya. While at IHME, fellows have co-authored papers on child mortality, adult mortality, maternal mortality, and development assistance for health, among other topics.

Training

IHME trains researchers from around the world in advanced methods and tools for population health measurement. Through workshops, conferences, and regular seminars, IHME encourages debates. IHME also works closely with policymakers at the local, state, and national levels to teach them key health metrics concepts and to provide timely data to help guide evidence-based policy decisions.