Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, is Adjunct Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is a practicing General Internist and also Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Jha received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and then trained in Internal Medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. He completed his General Medicine fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School and received his M.P.H. from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
His research endeavors focus on improving the quality and costs of healthcare systems with a specialized focus on the impact of policies. Dr. Jha has published over two hundred various papers in prestigious journals and heads a personal blog which focuses on using statistical data research to improve health quality. Dr. Jha is a member of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
A.B., 1992
Columbia College
M.D., 1997
Harvard Medical School
M.P.H., 2004
Harvard School of Public Health
Rose Seegal Prize for best original research by a graduating senior
Harvard Medical School
Housestaff Teaching Award
University of California, San Francisco
Member
Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Medicine)
Suresh K, Singh U, Jha AK, Matta VM, Sudheer AK, Kumar A.
J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2022 Sep 08. 1-13. PMID: 35829633
Rubin EJ, Baden LR, Jha A, Morrissey S.
N Engl J Med. 2022 07 21. 387(3):e11. PMID: 35857665
Jha AK, Mithun S, Purandare NC, Kumar R, Rangarajan V, Wee L, Dekker A.
Nucl Med Commun. 2022 May 01. 43(5):483-493. PMID: 35131965
Raj Kulshrestha M, Raj A, Tiwari V, Chandra S, Tiwari BC, Jha A.
EJIFCC. 2022 Apr. 33(1):43-55. PMID: 35645696
Figueroa JF, Katz IT, Hyle EP, Horneffer KE, Nambiar K, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Jha AK.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 04. 41(4):581-588. PMID: 35377765
Nautiyal A, Jha AK, Mithun S, Rangarajan V.
Nucl Med Commun. 2022 Apr 01. 43(4):369-377. PMID: 35045551
Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Griggs D, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 03. 41(3):390-397. PMID: 35254939
Lam MB, Friend TH, Erfani P, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jan 12. PMID: 35022958
Jha P, Jha AK, Dayal VM, Jha SK, Kumar A.
Indian J Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec. 40(6):563-571. PMID: 34981441
Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Orav EJ, Jha AK.
Healthc (Amst). 2022 Mar. 10(1):100611. PMID: 34979442
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