Dr Jennifer Ashton

Dr. Jennifer Ashton is a double board-certified physician who completed her post-graduate training in women’s health and surgery at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center/Mount Sinai West in New York City, where she was honored as Chief Resident of the Year, a first in the program’s history. She earned her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2000, serving as President of her class for all four years and receiving the Bartlestone Prize in Pharmacology.

Dr. Ashton also holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from Columbia College (1991) and a master’s degree in nutrition from Columbia University (2016). Her distinguished career in television began in 2006 as the first female medical contributor to the Fox News Channel. Her early contributions were recognized with the Girl Scouts Woman of Achievement award in 2007 and The Octoberwoman Foundation’s Hope for The Future Award in 2008.

Her extensive contributions included leading ABC News’s COVID-19 coverage, reporting from the NIH Vaccine Development Lab and the White House, and interviewing Dr. Anthony Fauci, alongside a clinical career where she delivered over 1,500 babies and treated thousands of patients. In 2021, she authored ‘The New Normal: A Roadmap to Resilience in the Pandemic Era.’ Dr. Ashton is an Emmy® Award-winning and Columbia DuPont recipient, and in 2023, she received the American Heart Association’s Women Changing the World Award.

That same year, she launched The Dr. Jen Ashton Magazine, which achieved its most successful launch in three years. In March 2024, Dr. Ashton launched Ajenda, a new women’s health and wellness media company, announcing her departure from ABC News in April 2024 to focus on this venture, officially leaving upon contract expiration in June 2024.