Biography
Chris Odell is the senior research manager of IHME’s Covid response team and the senior manager of IHME’s digital experience team. Previously, Chris worked as an engagement manager at IHME, focused on building and maintaining IHME's relationships with governments and policymakers around the world, with a focus in India and Latin America. Chris joined IHME in 2012 as a Project Officer on the Strategy Team and worked on the Gavi Full Country Evaluations before moving to the role of Program Manager, where he focused on staff training and development, as well as developing and implementing external trainings.
Chris spent much of his life in California, working first in social services for highly at-risk youth in Los Angeles, and then with governments in Latin America to develop social protection programs for homeless youth. He also lived in Kenya while working on a children’s health program with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education. After leaving a career in music, Chris earned his undergraduate degree in Sociology from Azusa Pacific University and his Master’s of Public Policy with a concentration in International Policy from UCLA.
Castro F, Benavides Lara A, Garces A, Moreno-Velasquez I, Odell C, Perez W, Ortiz-Panozo E. Under-5 Mortality in Central America: 1990–2016. Pediatrics. 23 December 2020. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-003442.
GBD 2017 US Neurological Disorders Collaborators. Burden of Neurological Disorders Across the US From 1990-2017. JAMA Neurology. 2 November 2020. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.4152.
IHME COVID-19 Forecasting Team. Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States. Nature Medicine. 23 October 2020. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9.
Ali S, Misganaw A, Worku A, Destaw Z, Negash L, Bekele A, Briant PS, Johnson CO, Alam T, Odell C, Roth GA, Naghavi M, Abate E, Mirkuzie AH. The burden of cardiovascular diseases in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2017: evidence from the Global Burden of Disease Study. International Health. 18 September 2020. doi:
El Bcheraoui C, Mimche H, Miangotar Y, Krish VS, Ziegeweid F, Krohn KJ, Ekat MH, Nansseu JR, Dimbuene ZT, Olsen HE, Tine RCK, Odell CM, Troeger CE, Kassebaum NJ, Farag T, Hay SI, Mokdad AH. Burden of disease in francophone Africa, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet Global Health. March 2020. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30024-3.
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Mental Disorders Collaborators. The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017. The Lancet Psychiatry. 20 December 2019. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30475-4.
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5 Dec 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30261-4
GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 8 Nov 2018;392:1789–858. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32279-7.
GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 8 Nov 2018;392:1859–922. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32335-3.
GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 8 Nov 2018;392:1923-94. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6.
GBD 2017 Population and Fertility Collaborators. Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 8 Nov 2018;392:1995-2051. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32278-5.
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators. 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. The Lancet. 8 Nov 2018;392:1736-88. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7.
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CVD Collaborators. The changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. The Lancet Global Health. 12 September 2018. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30407-8.
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Diabetes Collaborators. The increasing burden of diabetes and variations among the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. The Lancet Global Health. 12 September 2018. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30387-5.
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CRD Collaborators. The burden of chronic respiratory diseases and their heterogeneity across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. The Lancet Global Health. 12 September 2018. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30409-1
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators. The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. The Lancet Oncology. 12 September 2018. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30447-9.
Md Jasim Uddin, Gourab Adhikary, Md Wazed Ali, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Md Shamsuzzaman, Chris Odell, Lauren Hashiguchi, Stephen S. Lim, Nurul Alam. Evaluation of impact of measles rubella campaign on vaccination coverage and routine immunization services in Bangladesh. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21 Aug 2016; 16:411. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1758-x