Kris Murray

Dr. Kris Murray currently serves as Professor in Environmental Change & Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and co-Director of the Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, following his role at Imperial College London. His research spans the interconnections between global environmental change, conservation, and health outcomes, with particular focus on infectious disease patterns and climate change impacts. As an MRC Investigator and lead of the Planetary Health program at MRC Unit The Gambia, he investigates relationships between environmental and social influences on health, focusing on disease vectors, zoonotic hosts, and forecasting disease risks from local to global scales. His groundbreaking work includes research on emerging zoonotic diseases, climate change impacts on disease vectors, and the connections between landscape restoration and human health. Through numerous highly-cited publications in The Lancet and Nature, he has significantly contributed to understanding how environmental changes affect human health and disease emergence, while promoting solutions that benefit both human health and environmental stewardship. His expertise extends to snakebite eco-epidemiology, climate change and infectious diseases, and the development of open learning resources on climate change and health.