Aria is a policy advisor at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University. Since 2014, he has also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization's Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products. Aria is a past Duke University Global Health Fellow and past faculty member of the Global Health Education Initiative at the University of Toronto. He has testified before the Canadian Senate on Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime, served on the board of directors of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, and was the inaugural Médecins Sans Frontières Access to Medicines Fellow in India. Aria received his HBSc and MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Toronto, and is completing his PhD in Global Health Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada.