--- title: Dr. Ashish K. Jha | TIME description: Dr. Jha is Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He served as the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator. canonical: https://time.com/author/dr-ashish-k-jha/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/dr-ashish-k-jha/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Dr. Ashish K. Jha  ## Dr. Ashish K. Jha Dr. Jha is Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He served as the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator.  ## Dr. Ashish K. Jha *  Jul 3, 2025 ### [The Budget Bill Could Make Your ER a Mess](https://time.com/7300067/budget-bill-effects-emergency-rooms-hospitals/) Tucked inside the massive bill is a "wrecking ball" for local hospitals, writes Dr. Ashish Jha. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 10, 2025 ### [Measles Is Back. A Lot More People Are at Risk](https://time.com/7266454/measles-outbreak-essay-ashish-jha/) "Low vaccination rates create risks for many others," writes Dr. Ashish K. Jha. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2023 ### [What It Will Take to Avoid a Tripledemic This Winter](https://time.com/6316440/tripledemic-winter-vaccination-ashish-jha/) RSV, the flu, and COVID-19 are racing towards us this winter, but we have the tools to fight back an... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 30, 2021 ### [Why You Should Vaccinate Your Kids Against COVID-19](https://time.com/6111965/vaccinate-kids-against-covid-19/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 4, 2021 ### [The FDA Must Move Faster to Approve the COVID-19 Vaccines](https://time.com/6087432/fda-covid-19-vaccines-approval/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 4, 2021 ### [Vaccinate the World's Health Care Workers](https://time.com/6071509/vaccinate-health-care-workers-world/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 18, 2020 ### [We Need Transparency About COVID-19 Vaccines](https://time.com/5890216/transparency-covid-vaccine-development/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 29, 2020 ### [America Needs to Rethink Its COVID-19 Testing](https://time.com/5873444/radically-rethink-covid-19-testing-approach/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 24, 2020 ### [The Divide Over COVID-19 Testing Threatens Our Progress](https://time.com/5826997/divide-covid-19-testing-threatens-progress/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-ashish-k-jha/","name":"Dr. Ashish K. Jha"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-ashish-k-jha/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-ashish-k-jha/"},"name":"Dr. Ashish K. Jha","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dr. Jha is Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He served as the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2b38d8061ed5a8c/698a1103e76ad2ca3c637f77/Ashish-Jha.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/dr-ashish-k-jha/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```