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.
Funding “Rural Health Care Transformation” Without Shoring Up Failing Hospitals
The Odd Paradox of the Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Care Goals
How Playing Games May Save People’s Lives
The Growing Use of Gamification in Health Motivates People to Exercise More and Take Other Actions to Improve Their Physical Well-Being
LDI Research Helped Shape Pennsylvania’s New Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit
Pa.’s New Bipartisan Tax Credit is Designed to be Simple and Refundable – Reflecting Core Points From Penn LDI Researchers Who Briefed State Leaders
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with Yashaswini Singh, PhD
Stress Testing Markets for Cardiac Care
Open to Penn Affiliates
Virtual Event
Drug Pricing in Trump 2.0: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
A Conversation with Avik Roy, Rachel Sachs, JD, MPH, and Marta Wosinska, PhD, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
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.
Daniel Polsky, PhD, MPP
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Economics, Carey Business School and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Madeline Perry, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program , Perelman School of Medicine
Hans-Peter Kohler, PhD
- Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography , School of Arts and Sciences
- Co-Director, Population Aging and Research Center (PARC)
Michael Anne Kyle, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Catherine Vanchiere, MD, MA
- Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Siva Mathiyazhagan, PhD, MSW
- Research Assistant Professor , School of Social Policy & Practice
Louise Russell, PhD
- Adjunct Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Hummy Song, PhD, MPP
- Associate Professor, Operations, Information, and Decisions, and Healthcare 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