Ashwin Vasan

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Ashwin Vasan
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health
Assumed office
March 15, 2022
MayorEric Adams
Preceded byDave A. Chokshi
Personal details
Born (1980-11-15) November 15, 1980 (age 41)
Political partyDemocratic[citation needed]
Residence(s)Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Harvard University (SCM)
University of Michigan (MD)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (PhD)

Ashwin Vasan (born November 15, 1980) is an American physician and epidemiologist serving as the 44th commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.[1][2] Vasan is also a public health professor and the president and CEO of Fountain House, a national mental health nonprofit.[3][4]

Education[]

Vasan earned a Master of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004. He graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2011 and completed a PhD from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2015.[citation needed]

Career[]

Ashwin Vasan worked for the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization, spending time in Switzerland and Uganda.[5] In 2014, Vasan joined the faculty of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where he works as an assistant professor of clinical population and family health and medicine.[6]

In 2016, Vasan was appointed to serve as the founding executive director of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's[7] Health Access Equity Unit, a city-wide initiative aimed at improving the health and social welfare of marginalized communities in New York City.[8]

In 2019, Vasan was named president and CEO of Fountain House, a national mental health nonprofit that provides employment, education, housing and wellness programs to the mentally ill.[9] Fountain House is notable for creating the Clubhouse model of psychosocial rehabilitation, which has been replicated in over 300 locations in 30 countries.[7] Vasan is a practicing primary care physician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Vasan has been quoted as a public health expert in national and international publications including CNN,[10] The New York Times,[11] NPR,[12] CBS News,[13] USA Today,[14] The Guardian,[15] Forbes,[16] WNYC,[17] Al Jazeera,[18] today.com,[19] and Insider.[20]

Vasan is also a member of the City & State advisory board.[9]

Personal life[]

Vasan lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three kids.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (22 December 2021). "Mental Health Expert Will Lead New York's Pandemic Response". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Lewis, Caroline (2021-07-15). "Inside NYC's Original Social Club For Mental Health". Gothamist. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ ""This is going to compound your problems": Coronavirus poses new challenge for many with mental illness". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  4. ^ Ruiz, Rebecca (2020-10-18). "COVID-19 proves that suicide is much more than a personal struggle". Mashable. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ "Alumni News and Features". alumni.sph.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  6. ^ "Ashwin Vasan | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  7. ^ a b c "The 2021 Nonprofit Power 100: 51-100". City & State NY. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  8. ^ "Ashwin Vasan, MD at CUMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic: Internal Medicine | NewYork-Presbyterian Doctor in New York, NY". doctors.nyp.org. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  9. ^ a b Ortega, Ralph; Huggins Salomon, Sheryl (2021-03-08). "City & State names first advisory board". City & State NY. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  10. ^ Ward, Vicky. "How the very rich are different in the Covid-19 fight". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  11. ^ Valentino-DeVries, Jennifer; Lu, Denise; Dance, Gabriel J. X. (2020-04-03). "Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  12. ^ "How To Be Alone, But Not Lonely, Despite The Coronavirus". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  13. ^ ""This is going to compound your problems": Coronavirus poses new challenge for many with mental illness". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  14. ^ "It's Working in Eugene, Olympia, Denver: More Cities Are Sending Civilian Responders, Not Police, on Mental Health Calls". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  15. ^ "'It's chaotic': New York street partying fuels fears of coronavirus resurgence". the Guardian. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  16. ^ Dangor, Graison. "Mental Health Advocates Say These Things Need To Change No Matter Who Wins The Election". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  17. ^ "Mentally Ill While Black | The Brian Lehrer Show". WNYC. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  18. ^ Piven, Ben. "Excitement and anxiety on eve of New York City reopening". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  19. ^ "Is it safe to go to the beach? Experts answer 5 important questions". today.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  20. ^ Berman, Jenifer. "Companies have an opportunity to provide meaningful help to employees coping with mental health issues". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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