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 8/28/2024
Gostin LO, Jha AK, Finch A. The Mpox Global Health Emergency - A Time for Solidarity and Equity. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 10; 391(14):1265-1267. PMID: 39197094.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/29/2024
Salas RN, Burke LG, Phelan J, Wellenius GA, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Impact of extreme weather events on healthcare utilization and mortality in the United States. Nat Med. 2024 Apr; 30(4):1118-1126. PMID: 38424213.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/6/2024
Daskalakis D, Romanik N, Jha AK. Lessons From the Mpox Response. JAMA. 2024 Feb 06; 331(5):387-388. PMID: 38190180.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Jha N, Manandhar T, Oli E, Kc P, Jha AK, Karki PS, Hada Batajoo K, Shankar PR. Assessing Drug Utilization in the Emergency Medicine Department at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital Using WHO Drug Use Indicators. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2024; 22(86):149-153. PMID: 39328102.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/30/2023
Burke LG, Burke RC, Orav EJ, Bryan AF, Friend TH, Richardson DA, Jha AK, Tsai TC. Trends in performance of hospital outpatient procedures and associated 30-day costs among Medicare beneficiaries from 2011 to 2018. Healthc (Amst). 2023 Dec; 11(4):100718. PMID: 37913606.
Read at: PubMed - 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
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