Raj Vatsa is a 6th-year student in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program, having completed his first two years at Harvard Medical School prior to enrolling in the PhD Program in Health Policy (Methods for Policy Research). Raj graduated from Harvard College in 2018 with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Global Health and Health Policy. His current research interests – spanning both experimental and quasi-experimental domains – involve leveraging causal inference and machine learning methods to advance evidence-based maternal care and equity in maternal and newborn health outcomes in the U.S. and abroad.