Indian-American Manisha Juthani nominated as Public Health Commissioner of Connecticut

Indian-American physician Dr Manisha Juthani has been nominated by Governor Ned Lamont as the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Indian-American Dr Manisha Juthani has been nominated as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health in the US. I am so honored to serve as the next Commissioner of @CTDPH. Advocating for public health during this pandemic and beyond is the opportunity of a lifetime. I look forward to serving the citizens of CT. https://t.co/6LD04P5iUW Dr Manisha Juthani, who is an infectious diseases physician at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, was nominated to the post by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on July 26, according to a press statement. She will succeed Dr Deidre Gifford as head of the state’s public health agency on September 20, 2021.