PhD, Health Psychology
The University of The West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
MSc, Psychological Research Methods
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Matt Ridley has more than a decade of professional experience spanning contract research organisation/consulting, academia, and clinical settings. He has worked on projects across a variety of therapeutic areas including rare disease, surgery, psychiatry, neurology/central nervous system, respiratory, and oncology. Dr. Ridley has experience and training in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research methodologies. Dr. Ridley’s work has always placed the patients (and their caregivers/families) at the centre. He has also conducted research with healthcare professionals. Prior to joining RTI-HS, he worked for a large contract research organisation as part of their clinical outcomes assessment team, and before that completed a postdoctoral position at The University of York in the United Kingdom. Dr. Ridley was a visiting researcher at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017 and has since worked there as a research consultant/co-investigator on various patient-centred research projects. Dr. Ridley has published in peer reviewed scientific journals, presented research at conferences, and serves as a peer reviewer for scientific journals such as Qualitative Health Research.