Ashish K. Jha

Education

M.P.H., Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; M.D., Harvard Medical School

Summary of Experience

An accomplished practicing physician, Dr. Jha is a global expert on public health and health policy. A leader in the area of pandemic preparedness and response, he was appointed White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator by the Biden administration. In this role, he led work to increase the development of and access to treatments and vaccines, improve testing and surveillance, facilitate major investments in indoor air quality measures, and put in place an infrastructure to respond more effectively to disease outbreaks. Dr. Jha’s research focuses on improving the quality and cost of health care delivery, using global health policies to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and crafting better policy to improve health outcomes in the US and worldwide. He has published hundreds of research publications in peer-reviewed journals and has consistently been ranked in the top 1% of most cited researchers. Prior to joining the Brown School of Public Health, Dr. Jha was a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. He also served as the faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and held various leadership roles at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Jha currently serves as a member of the BMJ international advisory board and has been a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine since 2013.