Aarthi Rao joined the Results for Development team in June 2009. She works across various projects including the Ministerial Leadership Initiative, the Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment, and the Health Financing Task Force. She also coordinates the joint series, "New Visions for Improving Health Care in the Developing World," with the Global Health Council. Ms. Rao has worked in both India and Nepal in addition to domestic non-profit organizations. She holds a BA in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University where she studied Public Health and International Development.