Ashish Kumar Jha, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Ashish Kumar Jha is an Indian American general internist physician and academic serving as Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Previously, he was a health scholar, the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, and a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Dr. Jha is recognized as one of the leading health policy scholars in the nation.
Dr. Jha’s research centers on improving the quality and cost of health care, focusing on improving the quality and costs of healthcare systems with a specialized focus on the impact of policies. Dr. Jha has published over two hundred papers in prestigious journals and heads a personal blog which focuses on using statistical data research to improve health quality. Dr. Jha is a member of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Other Positions
- Dean, Brown University School of Public Health
- Professor, Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- Harvard Medical School, MD
- Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
- Columbia University, BA
Publications
- Published on 7/26/2023
Becerra X, Jha A. Project NextGen - Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 31; 389(9):773-775. PMID: 37494477.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/25/2023
Jha AK. Preparing the United States for the Next Pandemic. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Sep; 176(9):1277-1278. PMID: 37487211.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2023
Burke LG, Burke RC, Orav EJ, Duggan CE, Figueroa JF, Jha AK. Association of Academic Medical Center Presence With Clinical Outcomes at Neighboring Community Hospitals Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 01; 6(2):e2254559. PMID: 36723939.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2022
Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. National Estimates of Increase in US Mechanical Ventilator Supply During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 01; 5(8):e2224853. PMID: 35917126.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/21/2022
Rubin EJ, Baden LR, Jha A, Morrissey S. Audio Interview: A Look at the U.S. Government's Covid-19 Strategy. N Engl J Med. 2022 07 21; 387(3):e11. PMID: 35857665.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2022
Figueroa JF, Katz IT, Hyle EP, Horneffer KE, Nambiar K, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK. The Association Of HIV With Health Care Spending And Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Apr; 41(4):581-588. PMID: 35377765.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2022
Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Griggs D, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Marketplace Health Insurance Ratings: Most Potential Enrollees Have Access To Plans Of Medium Or High Quality. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 03; 41(3):390-397. PMID: 35254939.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/12/2022
Lam MB, Friend TH, Erfani P, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. ACO Spending and Utilization Among Medicare Patients at the End of Life: an Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 10; 37(13):3275-3282. PMID: 35022958.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/22/2021
Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association of community-level social vulnerability with US acute care hospital intensive care unit capacity during COVID-19. Healthc (Amst). 2022 Mar; 10(1):100611. PMID: 34979442.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2021
Tsugawa Y, Dimick JB, Jena AB, Maggard-Gibbons M, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Jha AK. Comparison of Patient Outcomes of Surgeons Who Are US Versus International Medical Graduates. Ann Surg. 2021 12 01; 274(6):e1047-e1055. PMID: 31850990.
Read at: PubMed
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