K. Davina Frick is a professor at the Carey Business School with joint appointments in the Bloomberg School of Public Health (Departments of International Health and Health Policy and Management) and the School of Medicine (Department of Ophthalmology).  She has a long-standing affiliation with the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research.   She teaches courses at the Carey Business School called business leadership and human values and frameworks for analyzing health care markets as well as a course on the US health care system including its ability to promote and make use of innovation. When she previously held a primary appointment at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, she taught about health economics and cost-effectiveness.

Much of Vina's research has been on cost-effectiveness and burden of disease.  She has worked primarily in the optometry and ophthalmology space, with other work in areas such as oncology, women’s health, and nursing interventions.  She has served on a study section for AHRQ, the national advisory council for NINR, and is co-chairing a National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workgroup on myopia. Vina is particularly interested not just in doing the research but in making certain that the results are communicated in ways to maximize their usability.

She is an advocate against inequity—not just inequity in the receipt of health care services but also inequity in the opportunity to participate in any part of the health care management provision, and receipt process. Business can play a role in and produce value by reducing inequity. Vina was part of a group that organized production of a video called “Business of Pronouns” at the Carey Business School. This video provides insight on discussion of pronouns when meeting people, feelings when misgendering occurs, how to correct misuse of pronouns, and best practices for facilitating pronoun recognition in the class and workplace.