What The Pitt Gets Right About the U.S. Health Care System
LDI Fellows Weigh in on the HBO Max Show, Describing Real Challenges With AI Errors, ER Violence, and End-of-Life Care
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.
“Everybody’s Going to Feel the Pain”: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Addiction Treatment
New York Commissioner Warns University of Pennsylvania Conference That Funding Losses Could Force States to Ration Care and Risk Rising Overdose Deaths
Maternal Deaths Surge After Birth, With Mental Health a Key Factor
LDI Experts Are Making Postpartum Care Safer With Telehealth, Remote Monitoring, Doulas, and Long-Acting Addiction Care
Health Insurance May Slow Toxin-Related Aging, LDI Fellow Finds
Researchers Urge Expanding Insurance Coverage with Stronger Environmental Protections to Ease the Biological Toll of Lead and Other Hazards
Private Equity Expands Grip on Addiction Treatment Sector
Researchers Point to Gains in Access to Care but Declines in Patient Retention and Ongoing Concerns about Quality
Insurers Should Incentivize Non-Drug Treatments for Chronic Pain
An LDI Fellow and Chronic Pain Researcher Call on Health Plans To Lower Barriers to Physical Therapy, Acupuncture, and Interdisciplinary Pain Care
Impact Report
Our commitment to driving positive change through transformative research powered a series of standout achievements in 2025. Explore how we turned evidence into action to shape smarter health policy.
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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.
Grace Park
- PhD Student, Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Yong Chen, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Flaura Winston, MD, PhD
- Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Distinguished Chair, Pediatrics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Emma Max, RN
- PhD Student, Nursing , Penn Nursing
- PhD Student, Bioethics , Perelman School of Medicine
Joseph Nwadiuko, MD PhD
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD
- Associate Professor, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Lillian Buchhalter, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Matthew Kearney, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health , 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