Black and Hispanic Children Have Higher Death Rates Than White Children After In-Hospital CPR
Equitably Improving Care for Hospitalized Kids Who Experience Cardiac Arrest Requires Hospital-Level Changes, LDI Fellows Say
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.
Understanding the Evidence: SNAP and Health
Six Studies That Highlight How Losing SNAP Can Raise Food Insecurity and Affect Health
Penn LDI Raises $5.5 Million in Landmark Davis Family Gift Initiative
Includes $1 Million in Donations to Meet a Matching Challenge
A Call to Keep Philadelphia’s Soda Tax
For Seven Years, Revenue Has Supported Education, Community Projects, and Better Health Outcomes
How 60 Years of Change Realigned U.S. Health Law’s Role
Government Regulatory Power Wanes as Power Accrues to Courts and Corporations
Even When SNAP Payments Resume, More Food Cuts Will Affect Millions of Americans
Temporary Shutdown Losses are Only the Beginning: New Rules Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will Shrink SNAP Benefits, and Worsen Food Insecurity for Millions Across the U.S.
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Value-Based Payment: Time to Replace or Reform?
A Conversation with Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, and Andrew Ryan, PhD, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with Zack Cooper, PhD
Does it Matter for Your Health if Your Hospital Is Private Equity Owned?
Open to Penn Affiliates
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.
Charles Leonard, PharmD, MSCE, MPH
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
- Associate Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Catherine Vanchiere, MD, MA
- Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Clara Wilson, MD, MPH
- Clinical Fellow, Nephrology , Perelman School of Medicine
- Student, Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology , Perelman School of Medicine
Angela K. Shen, ScD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
Ravishankar Jayadevappa, PhD
- Research Associate Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Urology , Perelman School of Medicine
Meeta Kerlin, MD, MSCE
- Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
Joaquin Vizcarra Pasapera, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Research , Perelman School of Medicine
- Instructor, Neurology , 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