Ashish Jha | |
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| White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator | |
| In office April 5, 2022 – June 30, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Lisa Barclay |
| Preceded by | Jeff Zients |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Dean, Brown University School of Public Health | |
| Assumed office February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Bess Marcus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 31, 1970 Madhubani, India |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (MD, MPH) |
Ashish Kumar Jha (born December 31, 1970) is an Indian-American general internist physician and academic who served as the White House COVID-19 response coordinator from 2022–2023. He has been Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health since 2020.[1] Prior to Brown, he was the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, and a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Jha is recognized as one of the leading health policy scholars in the nation.[1][2][3] Jha's role at Brown University focuses on improving the quality and cost of health care, and on the impact of public health policy.[3]
- ^ a b McGowan, Dan (1 September 2020). "One of the best-known public health experts in the world is taking his talents to Brown University". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Finucane, Martin (August 13, 2020). "Harvard pandemic expert Ashish Jha takes a more optimistic view of the fall and winter - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ a b "Accomplished physician, public health scholar named School of Public Health dean at Brown". Brown University. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.