Who is Dr Ashish Jha, White House's new Covid-19 response coordinator
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Dr Ashish Jha is an Indian-American doctor who was appointed as the new White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator by President Joe Biden on Thursday.
New Delhi: Dr Ashish Jha is an Indian-American doctor who was appointed as the new White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator by President Joe Biden on Thursday.
The 51-year-old Bihar-born Jha replaced Jeff Zients, a management consultant and former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama.
Ashish Jha was appointed to lead the School of Public Health in February 2020, weeks before the Covid pandemic hit the US and then he began as dean in September 2020.
Later, Jha joined the University after leading the Harvard Global Health Institute and teaching at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.
Jha was born in Pursaulia, Bihar in 1970 and moved to Canada in 1979 and then to the United States in 1983.
