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{{Short description|Indian-American Physicianphysician (born 1970)}}

| image = Ashish K. Jha, Path ForwardWhite onHouse COVID-19 ImmunizationsResponse 1h12s5sCoordinator.jpg

| term_end = June 30, 2023

| successorpreceded = [[Jeff Zients]]

| birth_place = [[Madhubani, Bihar|Madhubani]], [[India]]

| education = [[Columbia University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|ABBA]])}}<br>[[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]], [[Master of Public Health|MPH]])}}

| precededoffice2 = Dean, [[JeffreyBrown University School of Public ZientsHealth]]

'''Ashish Kumar Jha''' (born December 31, 1970) is an [[Indian -American]] [[internal medicine|general internist physician]] and academic servingwho served as the [[White House COVID-19 Response Team|White House CoronavirusCOVID-19 Responseresponse Coordinatorcoordinator]] from 2022–2023. He ishas currentlybeen onDean a short-term leave fromof the [[Brown University School of Public Health]] wheresince he served as the Dean2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|first1=Dan |last1=McGowan|title=One of the best-known public health experts in the world is taking his talents to Brown University |date=1 September 2020|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/01/metro/one-best-known-public-health-experts-world-is-taking-his-talents-brown-university/|access-date=11 April 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> . 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Finucane|first=Martin|date=August 13, 2020|title=Harvard pandemic expert Ashish Jha takes a more optimistic view of the fall and winter - The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/13/nation/harvard-pandemic-expert-ashish-jha-takes-more-optimistic-view-fall-winter/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="brown">{{cite web|date=26 February 2020|title=Accomplished physician, public health scholar named School of Public Health dean at Brown|url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2020-02-26/jha|access-date=2 January 2021|publisher=Brown University}}</ref> Jha's role at Brown University focuses on improving the quality and cost of health care, and on the impact of public health policy.<ref name="brown"/>

Ashish Kumar Jha was born in Pursaulia, [[Madhubani, Bihar]], India, on December 31, 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jha, Ashish|url=https://vivo.brown.edu/display/ajha13#All|access-date=2021-05-29|website=vivo.brown.edu}}</ref> Both of Jha's parents worked as educators.<ref name=":3" /> His family moved to [[Toronto]], Canada, in 1979 and to [[Morris County, New Jersey]], USAUS in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Boston|first1=677 Huntington Avenue|last2=Ma 02115 +1495‑1000|date=2014-05-13|title=The provocative pragmatist|url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/the-provocative-pragmatist-ashish-jha/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=News|language=en-us}}</ref>

Jha graduated from [[Boonton High School]] in [[Boonton, New Jersey]], as the valedictorian of the class of 1988 and the editor in chief of the school's newspaper.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |date=2022-03-20 |title=Can Ashish Jha, 'a Comforting Voice,' Tamp Down Covid's Political Divide? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/us/politics/ashish-jha-covid-biden.html |access-date=2022-03-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He attended [[Columbia University]], where he studied [[Pre-medical|pre-med]] and economics and was president of [[Earl Hall]]'s student governing board.<ref name=":1" /> Jha graduated from Columbia in 1992 with a B.A. in economics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Katz|first=Jamie|date=12 June 2020|title=Pandemic Expert Dr. Ashish Jha '92: "We Will Get Through This."|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/spring20/article/pandemic-expert-dr-ashish-k-jha-92|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618202425/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/spring20/article/pandemic-expert-dr-ashish-k-jha-92 |archive-date=2020-06-18 |access-date=August 10, 2020|website=Columbia College Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=G. Wayne|title=Virtual Dr. Jha will answer your COVID questions now.|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/02/05/virtual-dr-jha-answer-your-covid-questions-now/4404612001/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=The Providence Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2004, Jha completed a [[Master of Public Health]] degree at the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health|Harvard School of Public Health]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=David |title=Ashish Jha, MD '97, MPH '04 promoted to Professor of Health Policy and Management |url=https://alumni.sph.harvard.edu/s/1319/02-HSPH/20/interior.aspx?sid=1319&gid=2&sitebuilder=1&pgid=252&cid=1575&ecid=1575&ciid=4216&crid=0 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=alumni.sph.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Ashish_Jha,_Subcommittee_on_Primary_Health_and_Aging.jpg|thumb|Jha speaking before the [[Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging]] in 2014]]

Jha worked as the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]] and the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, as well as a Senior Advisor at [[Albright Stonebridge Group]]. On September 1, 2020, he became the Dean of the [[Brown University]] School of Public Health.<ref name="brown" /> He remains an adjunct professor of Global Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management at [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/ashish-jha/|website=Harvard|title=Ashish Jha|date=4 May 2022 }}</ref> At [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]], his research focused on improving the quality of health care and addressing the high [[Cost of healthcare in the United States|cost of health care]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Avenue |first=677 Huntington |last2=Boston |last3=Ma 02115 |date=2014-05-13 |title=The provocative pragmatist |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/the-provocative-pragmatist-ashish-jha/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=News |language=en-us}}</ref> [[File:W&M_Hearing,_May_15,_2019,_Ashish_Jha,_19m57s.jpg|thumb|Jha testifies to the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Committee on Ways and Means]] in May 2019]]

In mid-March 2020, Jha called for a two-week national quarantine across the United States to reduce the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/why-a-top-harvard-doctor-is-calling-for-a-national-quarantine-to-stem-the-effects-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/articleshow/74699263.cms|title=Why a top Harvard doctor is calling for a 'national quarantine' to stem the effects of the coronavirus pandemic|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> He argued that it takes up to two weeks for those already infected with the virus to begin showing symptoms; given the lack of [[COVID-19 testing]] in the U.S., a [[COVID-19 lockdowns|two-week quarantine]] would help public health better assess how widespread the disease is to better inform decision-making.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/how-we-beat-coronavirus/608389/|title=This Is How We Can Beat the Coronavirus|authorsfirst1=Ashish |last1=Jha, |first2=Aaron E. |last2=Carroll|date=2020-03-19|magazine=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/all-side-effects-few-benefits/608599/|title=Don't Halt Social Distancing. Instead, Do It Right.|authorsfirst1=Ashish |last1=Jha, |first2=Aaron E. |last2=Carroll|date=2020-03-23|magazine=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> He has also advocated for the need to vastly strengthen healthcare infrastructure and increase the manufacturing of personal protective equipment to keep healthcare workers safe. He has testified multiple times in front of Congress as an expert helping guide policymakers on how best to help the US navigate the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite webpress release|title=In front of Congress, Dr. Ashish Jha stresses a global approach to ending COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-03-18/testimonyinternational|access-date=2021-0503-2918|website=Brown University|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webpress release|title=Dr. Ashish Jha testifies before Congress on nation's bumpy COVID-19 vaccine rollout|url=https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-02-26/testimony|access-date=2021-0502-2926|website=Brown University|language=en}}</ref>

InJha Marchtook ofoffice 2020, Jha was appointedas the third dean of the [[Brown University School of Public Health.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=King|first=Kamran|date=2020-03-10|title=University appoints Dr. Ashish Jha as new School of Public Health dean|url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/03/10/u-appoints-dr-ashish-jha-new-school-public-health-dean/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Brown Daily Herald|language=en-US}}</ref> Hein assumedSeptember the2020, rolefollowing appointment in SeptemberMarch ofthat 2020year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goetz|first=Marlene|date=2020-09-14|title=Public health leader Ashish Jha begins as dean of Brown University School of Public Health|url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/09/14/public-health-leader-ashish-jha-begins-dean-brown-university-school-public-health/|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Brown Daily Herald|language=en-US}}</ref> During Jha's tenure and the concurrent [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the school has expanded its programatic offeringsprograms, physical footprint, and faculty.<ref>{{Cite web|title=School of Public Health hires former Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees|url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/12/school-of-public-health-hires-former-florida-surgeon-general-scott-rivkees|access-date=2022-01-30|website=The Brown Daily Herald|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=MacDonald|first=Mary|date=2021-03-30|title=Brown University plans expansion of School of Public Health|url=https://pbn.com/brown-university-plans-expansion-of-school-of-public-health/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Providence Business News|language=en-US}}</ref>

*2021: ''Meeting the Moment for Public Health'' award from Johnson & Johnson ''Research America''<ref>{{cite web |title=Outstanding Achievement in Public Health Awards, generously supported by Johnson & Johnson |url=https://www.researchamerica.org/ashish-k-jha-md-mph-2022-advocacy-awards-meeting-moment-public-health-award |website=Research America |date=26 August 2021 |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112183011/https://www.researchamerica.org/ashish-k-jha-md-mph-2022-advocacy-awards-meeting-moment-public-health-award |archive-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

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