Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University public health school, to depart

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.