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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.
Pennsylvania’s Cannabis Wave Is Already Here — And Our Mental Health System Isn’t Ready
Before Lawmakers Do Full Legalization, We Must Face the Reality: High-Potency Marijuana Already Harms Kids and Adults Alike
Six Ways Researchers Can Better Analyze Medicare Advantage (MA)
With MA Now Covering Over Half of U.S. Seniors, Researchers Face Flawed Data That Can Distort Results
Funding for Safety Net Hospitals Uses Widely Varying Definitions
Understanding Definition Tradeoffs Would Help Funders Accurately Target Support to Hospitals Serving Low-Income Patients
Caring for Disadvantaged Patients: What Nurses Say Works—and What Doesn’t
LDI Fellows Uncover Six Key Barriers and Solutions to Achieving Better Hospital Care
AI Breakthrough May Transform Public Health Campaigns
This Social Media Tool to Fight HIV Could Be Scaled up to Help Local Health Officials, LDI Experts Say
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Health and Politics in the Aftermath of COVID-19
A Conversation with Frances Lee, PhD, and Paul Offit, MD, moderated by David Grande, MD, MPA
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Rural Health Policy for Non-Rural Health Researchers: Why Now is the Time to Pay Attention
Virtual Roundtable for LDI Fellows Only
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.
Rebecca (Arden) Harris, MD, MSc
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
Caoimhe Duffy, MD, MSc
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
Daniel Lee, MD, MS
- Assistant Professor, Urology in Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth Kuhn, MD
- Fellow, Hospital Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Kimberly Waddell, PhD, MSCI
- Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Perelman School of Medicine
Patty Kuo, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
George Lin
- PhD Student, Psychology/Clinical Psychology , School of Arts and Sciences
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