COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha Leaving White House

COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Ashish Jha, speaks at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on Dec. 15, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha is leaving the Biden administration to return to his previous role at a university.

Jha, who succeeded Jeff Zients as the White House COVID-19 response coordinator in March 2022, will return to his former role as Dean at the Brown University School of Public Health on July 1, the school said in a June 8 press release.