Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, is a practicing physician who has led groundbreaking research on Ebola and COVID-19, publishing more than 200 original research publications. Dr. Jha has also studied how to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care on a national and global scale.

Dr. Rivkees is a Professor of Practice, Acting Associate Dean of Education, and Vice Chair of Health Service, Policy, and Practice in the School of Public Health.  Dr. Rivkees is a pediatric endocrinologist and physician-scientist who served as Florida’s State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health from June 2019 to September 2021. As State Surgeon General, Dr. Rivkees also served as State Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health.

Dr. Rivkees is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He received residency, fellowship, and postdoctoral training and served as faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Before moving to Florida, Dr. Rivkees served as professor of pediatrics with tenure at Yale University. As associate chair for research, he started and directed the Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center, one of the first of its kind in the United States.

During his career, Dr. Rivkees has been named “One of America’s Best Doctors,” “One of America's Top Pediatricians," and “One of New York’s Best Doctors.” He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Connecticut Academy of Science and a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Rivkees is also a recipient of the Pioneer Award from CARES and the Special Service Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Francesca L. Beaudoin MD, MS, PhD is a board-certified practicing emergency physician and clinical epidemiologist with expertise in opioid use disorders and adverse post-traumatic health outcomes, particularly pain and substance use. Dr. Beaudoin has written and implemented practice management policies for health care systems on pain management and opioid prescribing, and has served as a member of the Food and Drug Administration Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee.  She has partnered with small businesses to innovate new approaches to solving key public health problems and collaborates with state stakeholders such as the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Overdoses

Dr. Nithya Ramesh is a Brown alum (MPH ’17), and a board-certified public health dentist. She holds a doctorate in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where she also completed a postdoctoral residency in Dental Public Health. With a decade of experience in public health practice, Dr. Ramesh is a skilled educator and has been closely involved with Brown’s online MPH program since its inception in 2022. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Ramesh's research and teaching interests include global oral health policy and epidemiology, workforce development, competency-based health education, and the application of mixed-methods research principles. As the Academic Director of the online MPH program, Dr. Ramesh provides curricular leadership and oversight of academic affairs for the online MPH program.