Ashish Jha

Ashish Jha
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
Assumed office
April 5, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJeffrey Zients
Personal details
Born
Ashish Kumar Jha

(1970-12-31) December 31, 1970
Madhubani, Bihar, India
EducationColumbia University (AB)
Harvard University (MD, MPH)

Ashish Kumar Jha (born December 31, 1970) is an American general internist physician and academic. He was a Dean at the Brown University School of Public Health.[1] He was also a professor at Harvard University and a senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group.[2] Jha's role at Brown University focuses on improving the quality and cost of health care, and on the impact of public health policy.[2]

On March 17, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced that Jha would replace Jeffrey Zients as White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator.[3] Jha took office on April 5, 2022.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Accomplished physician, public health scholar named School of Public Health dean at Brown". Brown University. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Shear, Michael D.; Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (2022-03-17). "Jeff Zients to Leave as Biden's Covid Czar and Be Replaced by Ashish Jha". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-22.