Ashish Jha to depart Brown for national public health initiative

Jha will lead “an initiative that aims to bolster the nation’s defenses against emerging pandemic and biological threats,” according to a press release

Ashish K. Jha , dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and a leading national expert in pandemic preparedness, will depart the university at the end of the year, according to a press release from Brown University.

Jha will lead an initiative “that aims to bolster the nation’s defenses against emerging pandemic and biological threats,” according to the release, though details on the initiative were scant.

Jha, an infectious diseases doctor, joined Brown University in 2020, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. Under his leadership, the school of public health has grown, including the expansion to a building at 1