Dr. Ashish Rai received his Ph.D. in health services research and health policy (economics cognate) from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta.  His dissertation focused on the patterns and comparative effectiveness of management strategies in the Medicare population with follicular lymphoma. During his doctoral training, Dr. Rai was active in several research projects at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, managed a global health initiative at the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD), and served as an ORISE Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to his doctoral training, Dr. Rai earned his M.S.P.H. degree from Emory University and his medical degree from University of Allahabad, India.

Dr. Rai was a 2015 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellow. His host site was the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute.