Note: Registration is capped at 60 people, so RSVP early to claim your spot.
Join us for a lovely evening at Bay 13 with our very own Dean of the School of Public Health, Dean Ashish K. Jha, M.D. MPH, a renowned expert frequently appearing on ABC, CNN, the New York Times, and Wall Street Journal for his expertise and insight on COVID public health policy.
Highlight Clip: Dean Jha on ABC - I expect omicron to peak in 'next couple of weeks' - Jan 9, 2022
We're equally curious to hear his thoughts on the future of COVID, its future outlook, and how Brown and campus life will change post-pandemic.
The evening schedule is planned as follows:
- 6:00 p.m. - Drinks, appetizers, and socializing
- 6:30 p.m. - Introduction
- 6:35 - 6:55 p.m. - Formal Remarks by Dean Jha
- 6:55 - 8 p.m. – Q&A session
Price includes a one-hour open bar at the beginning with beer, wine, and soft drinks, plus appetizers, all in the first hour. A cash bar and individual ordering are available in the second hour.
About Dean Jha
Dean Jha in the Media: https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/media
A practicing physician, Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, is recognized globally as an expert on pandemic preparedness and response as well as on health policy research and practice. He has led groundbreaking research around Ebola and is now on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response, leading national and international analysis of key issues and advising state and federal policy makers. He comes to the Brown School of Public Health after leading the Harvard Global Health Institute and teaching at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Jha has published more than two hundred original research publications in prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the BMJ, and is a frequent contributor to a range of public media. He has extensively researched how to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care, focusing on the impact of public health policy nationally and around the globe.
Before joining the Brown School of Public Health, Dr. Jha was a faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) since 2004 and Harvard Medical School since 2005. He was the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute from 2014 until September 2020. From 2018 to 2020, he served as the Dean for Global Strategy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
A general internist previously with the West Roxbury VA in Massachusettts, Dr. Jha will continue his practice at the Providence VA Medical Center.
Dr. Jha was born in Pursaulia, Bihar, India in 1970. He moved to Toronto, Canada in 1979 and then to the United States in 1983. In 1992, Dr. Jha graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia University with a B.A. in economics. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1997 and then trained as a resident in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He returned to Boston to complete his fellowship in General Medicine from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In 2004, he completed his Master of Public Health degree at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2013.
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, is a physician, health policy researcher, and the third Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Before joining Brown, he was the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI).
More Information: https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/about-jha