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LDI Fellows’ Research Quantifies the Effects of High Health Care Costs for Consumers and Shines Light on Several Drivers of High U.S. Health Care Costs
Our Mission
We connect researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania with a common mission: to improve health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Can AI Be Licensed the Way Doctors and Nurses Are?
A Licensure Model May Offer Safer Oversight as Clinical AI Grows More Complex, a Penn LDI Doctor Says
Venture Philanthropy Transformed Cystic Fibrosis. Can It Deliver for Other Diseases?
CF Foundation’s Landmark Drug Approvals With Vertex Inspired Patient Groups to Act Like Biotech Investors. But Only a Few Groups Have Made Big Bets, LDI Fellow Finds
Meaningful Representation in Clinical Trials Strengthens Science
Failure to Include Diverse Populations Undermines Innovation in the Age of Precision Medicine
Three Studies by LDI Senior Fellows Win Clinical Research Forum Awards
Chen and Roberts in Top 10, Groeneveld a Top 10 Finalist
Unpacking the Federal Drug Price Reduction Struggle
How Political Rhetoric and Behind-the-Scenes Deal-Making Obscure Who Really Pays – or How Much
Impact Report
Our commitment to driving positive change through transformative research powered a series of standout achievements in 2025. Explore how we turned evidence into action to shape smarter health policy.
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Policy Seminar with Liz Fowler, PhD, JD
Health Policy at a Crossroads: Protecting Progress, Building for the Future
Open to Penn affiliates
Virtual Event
Making Secondary Data Work for You: Innovative Methods for Leveraging National Violent Death Data
A Conversation with Millan AbiNader, PhD, MSW, Laurie Graham, PhD, MSW, and Julie Kafka, PhD, MPH
Our Experts
Our 500+ Fellows are national experts and thought leaders who bridge all of Penn’s schools, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Suzanne Tham, MSW
- PhD Student , School of Social Policy & Practice
Daniel Hopkins, PhD
- Professor, Political Science , School of Arts and Sciences
- Professor, Computer and Information Science , School of Engineering and Applied Science
Kevin Mahoney, MBA
- Chief Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System , Perelman School of Medicine
José Bauermeister, PhD, MPH
- Professor, Family & Community Health , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Sammy Dhaliwal, PhD, MSc
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Sleep Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Jerry Johnson, MD
- Professor Emeritus, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Nadia Dowshen, MD, MSHP
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Scott Harrington, PhD
- Alan B. Miller Professor Emeritus, Health Care Management , Wharton School
What We Do
As Penn’s hub for health care delivery, health policy, and population health, we connect and amplify over 500 Fellows across the University, and train the next generation of researchers.
Fast Facts
$160M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
11,300+
Journal Articles Published (2020–2024)
$400K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI