Aarthi Rao joined the Results for Development team in June 2009. She has worked across various projects including the Ministerial Leadership Initiative, the Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment, and the Health Financing Task Force. She is now helping to lead a study of the biomedical innovation system in India and assessing its role in advancing global health technologies. Ms. Rao has worked in both India and Nepal in addition to U.S.-based non-profit organizations. She holds a B.A. in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University where she studied Public Health and International Development.