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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.
Medicaid Financing and the Health Care Safety Net
Preparing for Challenges Ahead
Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Data
Issue Brief: Understanding Gaps and Opportunities to Advance Research and Policy
How One Study Helped Save Free Preventive Care in a Supreme Court Showdown
A 2024 Study Showing How Even Small Copays Reduce PrEP Use Fueled Media, Legal, and Advocacy Efforts As Courts Weighed a Case Threatening No-Cost Preventive Care for Millions
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Research Seminar with Riley League, PhD
Fragmented Insurance and Billing Frictions: Understanding Denied Health Insurance Claims
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Health Policy at a Crossroads: Protecting Progress, Building for the Future
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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.
Lakshmi Prasanna Markonda, MSN
- PhD Student , Penn Nursing
Dovie Watson, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
John Kimberly, PhD
- Henry Bower Professor Emeritus, Health Care Management , Wharton School
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Alexandra Casison, MPH
- PhD Student, Demography , School of Arts and Sciences
- MA Student, Statistics and Data Science , Wharton School
Renée Betancourt, MD
- Associate Professor, Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth Kuhn, MD
- Fellow, Hospital Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
MaryAnne (Marty) Peifer, MD, MSIS
- Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
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