David C. Colby, Ph.D., M.A.

Interim Vice President of Research and Evaluation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

David C. Colby, PhD, is the Interim Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  Previously, he was the Deputy Director of the Health Care Group at the Foundation.  He came to the Foundation in January 1998 after nine years of service with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Physician Payment Review, Commission, where he was Deputy Director.  Prior to that he was with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where he was Associate Professor in the Policy Science Graduate Program and Coordinator of the Masters of Policy Science Program.  Dr. Colby was a Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Fellow in Health Care Finance, serving in the Congressional Budget Office.  Prior to his policy work, he was Dean of Freshman and Assistant Dean at Williams College and held faculty positions at Williams College and State University College at Buffalo.

Dr. Colby’s published research has focused on Medicaid and Medicare, media coverage of AIDS, and various topics in political science.  He was an associate editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law from 1995 to 2002.  He received his doctorate in political science from the University of Illinois, MA from Ohio University, and BA from Ohio Wesleyan University.