David Ridley is the Faculty Director for the Center for Health Sector Management at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. David is dedicated to creating innovative policy and business tools to address health care problems. He focuses on incentives for innovation and quality, as well as pricing.
David and his colleagues have published two papers that became law. In 2006, David (with Jeffrey Moe and Henry Grabowski) proposed the Food and Drug Administration’s priority review voucher program. In 2017, David (with Jeffrey Moe and Nick Hamon) proposed the Environmental Protection Agency’s vector expedited review voucher program. His research has been supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
David teaches courses on health care policy and business strategy to Duke University graduate students. He earned his doctorate in economics from Duke University.