Over 500 U.S. Hospitals Have Stopped Delivering Babies Since 2010
A Crisis in Maternal Care is Unfolding—and it’s Hitting Rural and Urban Communities Alike
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Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Pennsylvania’s Big Plan to Save Rural Hospitals Gets Mixed Reviews
Stable Payments Improved Margins But Not Liquidity, New LDI Analysis Finds
Penn Nursing’s Jane Muir Wins 2025 Emergency Nurses Association Award
LDI Senior Fellow Cited for “Significant Contributions” in Research
HIV is Not a Crime: The Case for Ending HIV Criminalization
Outdated Laws Target Black and Queer Lives in Over 30 States, Fueling a Deadly Disease
LDI and Wharton’s Cynthia Chude Wins 2025 MiFF PhD Scholar Award
Selected for Current and Future Research in the Science of Amputee Care
Estimated Overdose Deaths Due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Research Memo: Delivered to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader John Thune
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Health and Politics in the Aftermath of COVID-19
A Conversation with Frances Lee, PhD, and Paul Offit, MD, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
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Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America
A Conversation with Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, Katie Bishop Kendrick, MPH, and Christina Roberto, 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.
Peter Zhang, MD, MS
- Clinical Fellow, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Katherine Pitcher, BSN
- PhD Student, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Nicholas Kuhl, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Neil R. Malhotra, MD
- Professor, Neurosurgery , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Orthopedic Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Ashwin Nathan, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE
- Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Law , Carey Law School
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Molly Candon, PhD
- Director, Associate Fellows Program , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry , 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