He is currently leading a national initiative to strengthen the country’s defenses against emerging pandemic and biological threats, building on work he advanced during his time in the White House. To further this effort, he recently co-founded BioRadar, a company focused on building the bio-intelligence infrastructure our nation needs to enable earlier detection of threats before they can become crises.

An accomplished and practicing physician, Dr. Jha is widely recognized as a trusted voice on major public health issues and a catalyst for new approaches. A long-time leader in pandemic preparedness and response—from directing pioneering research on Ebola to serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis—he has led national and international efforts and advised policymakers around the world. He has advised numerous domestic and global institutions including the OECD, Pontifical Academies and the National Academy of Medicine.

He is currently Senior Fellow in Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

In March 2022, President Joe Biden appointed Dr. Jha as White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, calling him “one of the leading public health experts in America.” In that role, Dr. Jha expanded access to treatments and updated vaccines, strengthened testing and surveillance, rebuilt the national stockpile, and drove major investments in indoor air quality. He also helped establish durable infrastructure to confront future biological threats, earning bipartisan praise for his pragmatic leadership.

Dr. Jha is among the most highly cited health scholars in the United States, with more than 300 publications in leading journals including The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and The BMJ. He has consistently been named as one of the most cited researchers globally. His research focuses on improving the quality and affordability of care through policy innovation in the U.S. and globally.

Dr. Jha appears regularly at public forums and is sought out by the news media to provide timely, well-informed commentary on a range of health topics. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures.

Prior to Brown, he served as the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute.