Ashish Jha
Ashish Jha | |
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| White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator | |
| Assumed office April 5, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Zients |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ashish Kumar Jha December 31, 1970 Madhubani, Bihar, India |
| Education | Columbia University (AB) Harvard University (MD, MPH) |
Ashish Kumar Jha (born December 31, 1970) is an Indian 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
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Accomplished physician, public health scholar named School of Public Health dean at Brown". Brown University. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ↑ 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.
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