Dana Goldman
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Dana Paul Goldman is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and UCLA, and a professor at USC
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
. He holds a corporate chair in Health Economics and is the director of the Health Economics, Finance and Organization unit of RAND. He is also the director of the Bing Center for Health Economics, RAND Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation, and UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Postdoctoral Training Program.
Goldman's professional interests include the innovation of health technology, the future of America's elderly population, the design of insurance, and disparities in health outcomes. Recently, his work has focused on the optimal pricing of pharmaceuticals, thought by many to be central to improving health and containing costs.
Goldman is also the founding co-editor of the Forum for Health Economics and Policy and has been on the editorial board of Health Affairs, B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy, and the RAND Journal of Economics, among others.
He received his B.A. from Cornell University
and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University
, and currently lives in Santa Monica, California
with his wife, Sandra Hsu, and his two children, Noah and Jared Goldman.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy , previously known as School of Policy, Planning, and Development , at the University of Southern California is a leading urban planning, public policy and public administration school in the United States...
. He holds a corporate chair in Health Economics and is the director of the Health Economics, Finance and Organization unit of RAND. He is also the director of the Bing Center for Health Economics, RAND Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation, and UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Postdoctoral Training Program.
Goldman's professional interests include the innovation of health technology, the future of America's elderly population, the design of insurance, and disparities in health outcomes. Recently, his work has focused on the optimal pricing of pharmaceuticals, thought by many to be central to improving health and containing costs.
Goldman is also the founding co-editor of the Forum for Health Economics and Policy and has been on the editorial board of Health Affairs, B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy, and the RAND Journal of Economics, among others.
He received his B.A. from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, and currently lives in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
with his wife, Sandra Hsu, and his two children, Noah and Jared Goldman.