COVID Watch Saved Lives
New Automated Texting Program Helped Patients Get Treatment Faster
Penn Medicine-OptumLabs:
Request for Proposals
Penn LDI and the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation seek proposals for one-year projects that have the potential to lead to valuable and enduring innovations in health care delivery through research, demonstration projects, new educational initiatives, or community service and engagement.
Upcoming Event
COVID-19 Vaccines:
One Year Later
Friday, December 10, 2021 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
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.
$105 Million
In Research Grants Given Annually to Senior Fellows
95,000
Senior Fellow Journal Citations in 2016–20
7,030
Articles Published by Senior Fellows in 2020
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Awakening Greater Attention to the Health Policy Importance of Sleep
Penn LDI Senior Fellow Heather Schofield Makes Headlines in Science Magazine
The Impact of COVID-19 on Patients, Families, and Communities
New National Academy of Medicine Discussion Paper
LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory Announces First Grant Awards
Margaret Lowenstein and Marina Serper Projects Focus on Non-Traditional Care Approaches
Functional Impairment in Middle-Aged Adults
A Growing Issue in Need of Solutions
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.
Colleen Anusiewicz, PhD, RN
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Penn Nursing
Ari Friedman, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Dalmacio Dennis Flores, PhD, ACRN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Kathleen Rosenbaum, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC, CCRN
- Doctoral Student, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR), Penn Nursing
Ari Borthakur, PhD, MBA
- Associate Director, Center for Magnetic Resonance & Optical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Lorens Helmchen, PhD
- Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
Christina Herrera, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Megan Ryerson, PhD
- Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
- Associate Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
COVID-19 Vaccines: One Year Later
Virtual Conversation with Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP, FACP, Paul Offit, MD, and Ala Stanford, MD, moderated by Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
2022 Penn LDI/CHERISH Virtual Conference
Using State Licensing Standards to Improve Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Hybrid Event
LDI Policy Seminar with Lee A. Fleisher, MD
Data, Policy, and the Journey from Academic Clinician to Policymaker
Hybrid Event
LDI Research Seminar with Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, MD, PhD, MPH
Integrating Data from Health and Criminal Legal Systems to Inform Public Health and Safety Interventions