SNAP Access Linked to Fewer Cardiovascular Deaths
LDI Fellow’s Study Links Easier SNAP Access to Fewer Cardiovascular Deaths Across U.S.
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
LDI generates critical evidence to improve U.S. health care delivery, patient care, and health policy.
People Who Use Stimulants Face Hidden Heart Risks, Penn Study Finds
New Risk Calculator May Help Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes in Users of Cocaine and Meth
Refining FDA’s Plausible Mechanism Framework
LDI Experts Break Down Proposed FDA Rule in Two-Part Health Affairs Forefront Series
Five Ways Hospitals Can Prevent Patient Text Overload
Hospitals Need One System to Preserve One of Medicine’s Best Tools, Penn LDI Experts Say
Minimum Wage Hikes Alone Are Unlikely to Curb Overdoses and Suicides, Study Finds
U.S. May Need Targeted Health Policies – Not Wages Alone – to Save Lives
Nursing Home Closures Held Steady Despite the Pandemic But Rural Access Worsened
Chart of the Day: LDI Study Suggests Rural Nursing Homes Need More Help
Upcoming Events
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Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise or Pitfall
A Conversation with Sherry Glied, PhD, and Stephen Parente, PhD, MPH, moderated by David Grande, MD, MPA
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Decoding the Moment: States Weigh in on Medicaid Fraud
A Conversation with Amir Bassiri, MSW, and Kevin Lownds, JD, moderated by Dan Gorenstein
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.
Emma Edmondson, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth Sonnenberg, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Mark Neuman, MD, MSc
- Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
- Director of the Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation (CPORT) , Perelman School of Medicine
Anna Jo Smith, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology , Perelman School of Medicine
Eileen Lake, PhD, RN
- Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
Ashish Thakrar, MD, MS
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Judith McKenzie, MD, MPH
- Professor Emerita, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
- Executive Director, Health, Safety and Environment, Johns Hopkins University and Health System
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
$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
12,100+
Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI