Hospitals Rarely Use Z Codes to Document Patients’ Social Risks
Billing Codes That Flag Food, Job, or Housing Insecurity in Medical Records are Underused for the Sickest Medicare Patients
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.
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes
Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
Parents Need Time, Not Deadlines, After Fetal Diagnoses
Abortion Restrictions Can Backfire, Pushing Families to End Pregnancies
NIH on the Brink: How to Fund Medical Breakthroughs in the Trump–Kennedy Era
With Drastic Cuts on the Table, What’s the Best Way To Fund Medical Innovation – NIH Grants, Prizes, or Bold New Models?
Why Population Health Programs are Such a Challenge for Health Systems
An Analysis of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart Program Provides Insights
Black Life Expectancy Shows Sharp Geographic Divide: Cities Gained, While Midwest and Rural Areas Fell Back
From 1990 to 2019, Black Life Expectancy Rose Most in Major Metros and the Northeast—but Gains Stalled or Reversed in Rural Areas and the Midwest, Especially for Younger Adults
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Policy Seminar with Aaron Kesselheim, MD, MPH
Early Effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on Drug Prices and Use
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.
Ernesto Ulloa-Pérez, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Joseph Ladines-Lim, MD, PhD
- Clinical Fellow, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Perelman School of Medicine
Nadir Yehya, MD, MSCE
- Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Kaustav Shah, MD
- Internist , Perelman School of Medicine
- Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program , Perelman School of Medicine
Hao Tong, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
- Student, Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology , Perelman School of Medicine
Ellen Munsterman, MSN
- PhD Student , Penn Nursing
- Master of Bioethics (MBE) Student , Perelman School of Medicine
Daniel Lee, MD, MS
- Assistant Professor, Urology in Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Christopher Caruso, MD, MPH, MSHP
- Clinical Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , 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