Speaker

Dana P. Goldman is University Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics at the University of Southern California and founding director of the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service.  He has led the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics since its inception, establishing it as one of the world’s premier health economics organizations.  He previously served as Dean of the USC Price School of Public Policy.

Dr. Goldman’s scholarship lies at the intersection of economics, medicine, and public policy. He is the author of more than 350 articles with more than 24,000 citations. He pioneered a “Netflix model” to improve access to treatments and has been awarded more than $50 million in grants from NIH.  Dr. Goldman is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the National Academy of Public Administration — three of his field’s highest honors.  USC appointed him University Professor “for his decades of excellence as a policy leader and champion of interdisciplinary collaboration.”

He is a co-founder of EntityRisk and (formerly) Precision Health Economics and a scientific advisor to GRAIL, Edwards Lifesciences, and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.  He is a research associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research. He graduated from Cornell University and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.