Aarthi Rao is a program officer for Results for Development, joining the team in June 2009. She has worked across various projects including the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health, the Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment, and the Health Financing Task Force. Currently, she is exploring the potential for Indian firms to develop new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for diseases affecting the poor in low-income countries. 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.