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Our Mission
Penn LDI is dedicated to improving 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.
Penn Becomes National Coordinating Hub for Federal LHS E-STaR Network
Three Penn Medicine Researchers Get $3.8 Million Grant to Establish New Center
Many Medicare Beneficiaries Are One Hospital Visit Away from Poverty
LDI Fellows’ Study Finds Hospitalization May Be Too Costly for Older Adults of Modest Incomes
Can Cash Transfers and Wealth Building Interventions Boost the Nation’s Health?
Penn LDI Seminar Explores Guaranteed Income and Cash Transfer Developments
Enrollment Grows in Integrated Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents
Enrollment Remains Modest for Those on Medicare and Medicaid, but Specialized I-SNPs Drive Growth
For Medicare Recipients, Care After Hospital Stays Remains Common
Regardless of Medicare Type, Patients Used More Skilled Nursing Facilities Than Home Health Care After Hospital Discharge
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Advancing Value-Based Care in Community Health Centers
A Conversation with Michael Curry, Esq, Amanda Pears Kelly, and Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, moderated by Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with Edward Okeke, MD, PhD
Making Bricks from Straw: Resources and Productivity in Health Care
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.
Hummy Song, PhD, MPP
- Associate Professor, Operations, Information, and Decisions, Wharton School
- Associate Professor, Healthcare Management and Policy
Alexander Fiks, MD, MSCE
- Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Matthew McHugh, PhD, RN
- The Independence Chair for Nursing Education, Penn Nursing
- Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Penn Nursing
Erin Sieke, MD, MS
- Clinical Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jennifer Myers, MD
- Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Penn Nursing
Kyra O’Brien, MD
- Assistant Professor, Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine
J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN
- Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Penn Nursing
- Professor, Family & Community Health, Penn Nursing
Susan Renz, PhD, RN
- Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
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
$150M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
9,500+
Journal Articles Published (2019–2023)
$1M+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI