Rasmi Avula joined the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division of IFPRI in January 2011. She received a PhD in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior in 2010 from the University of South Carolina and MS in Nutrition from South Carolina State University. She will be working on the research-arm of POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India), a new 4-year initiative, to build evidence for program actions for nutrition in India.