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Indian-American Manisha Juthani nominated as Public Health Commissioner of Connecticut
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Published July 26. 2021 7:44PM
Jenna Carlesso, The Connecticut Mirror
Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday selected Dr. Manisha Juthani, a physician of infectious diseases at the Yale School of Medicine, to be commissioner of the state s public health department, an agency that has been without a permanent leader for more than a year.
Juthani replaces Renee Coleman-Mitchell, who was fired in May 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Deidre Gifford, commissioner of the state s social services department, has been filling in as head of public health on an interim basis since then.
Juthani is expected to begin work with the health department on Sept. 20. Her annual salary will be $210,000.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated a prominent Yale School of Medicine physician to serve as the state’s Health Commissioner after former head Miguel Cardona left to join President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
On Monday, July 26, Lamont announced that he is nominating Dr. Manisha Juthani to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
Juthani is an infectious diseases physician at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, where she specializes in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infections in older adults.
Lamont said that her most recent area of interest is at the interface of infectious diseases and palliative care, including the role of antibiotics at the end of life.