Many Adolescents Face Barriers to Confidential Reproductive Health Care
A 2019 Title X Rule Change, Since Reversed, Continues to Hinder Access to Care for Adolescents
Our Mission
Improving health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
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.
$104 Million
In Research Grants Given Annually to Senior Fellows
100,879
Senior Fellow Journal Citations in 2017–2021
7,457
Articles Published by Senior Fellows in 2021
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Who Wants Government Health Care and Unemployment Programs to Expand?
People Who Felt Most at Risk from COVID-19 Tend to Favor Expansions—Regardless of Their Political Attitudes
The Ripple Effect of Neighborhood Crime
When Crime Decreases, So Do Cardiovascular and Coronary Artery Disease Mortality Rates
The Effect of Language Barriers on Brain Health Equity for Latinos
LDI Senior Fellow Adriana Perez at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
Why Are Immigrants in Detention Facilities Hospitalized?
New Data Reveals Infection and Psychiatric Diagnoses Drive the Majority of Hospitalizations
Unexplained Variation in Firearm Deaths Points to Opportunities
Differences in Firearm Deaths Among U.S. Counties Could Yield Important Insights for Prevention
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.
Elizabeth Levy, MD
- Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Robert Gross, MD, MSCE
- Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Ilona Lorincz, MD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of Quality, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine
Therese Bittermann, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
Charles Gray, MS
- PhD Student, Healthcare Management & Economics, Wharton School
Nawar Latif, MD, MPH
- Instructor, Ob/Gyn- Gynecologic Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
Peter Groeneveld, MD, MS
- Director of Research, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Director, Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality and Evaluative Research Center
Nadia Dowshen, MD, MSHP
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
2022 SUMR Research Symposium
Penn LDI Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Scholar Program
Virtual Event
Health Care and Abortion in a Post-Roe America
A Conversation with Aletha Akers, MD, MPH, Raegan McDonald-Mosley, MD, MPH, and Heather Shumaker, JD, moderated by Courtney Schreiber, MD, MPH
