Jayanta Bhattacharya (born 1968) is an Indian health economist who is a professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy at Stanford University. He is an investigator at Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.

9 hours ago · Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s choice to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for his ...

Nov 27, 2024 · Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health researcher, is in line to lead the National Institutes of Health. Early in the pandemic he argued against lockdowns and focusing on people...

Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute.

Mar 4, 2025 · Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, whose opposition to Covid lockdowns made him a polarizing figure during the pandemic, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to lead the National...

Nov 27, 2024 · US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. Trump said he had selected the Stanford...

2 days ago · Jay Bhattacharya’s confirmation hearing in the Senate last week was as close as we may ever get to a formal surrender in the long war over Covid-19 pandemic policies. While some public-health officials, academics, and journalists continue to defend the Covid restrictions and oppose Bhattacharya ...

Mar 5, 2025 · Park is a senior health correspondent at TIME. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya speaks during a roundtable discussion with members of the House Freedom Caucus on the COVID-19 pandemic at The Heritage ...

Mar 5, 2025 · Jay Bhattacharya is about to get his chance to settle old Covid scores. The Stanford health economist became a celebrity among Americans chafing at Covid lockdowns and school closures when he co ...

Nov 27, 2024 · US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary agency in the United States...