Inside Medicare’s Stalled Shift to Value-Based Care
Former CMMI Leader Liz Fowler Cites Rigid Federal Scoring Rules and Bureaucratic Impatience for Pilot Failures
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
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
How Hospitals Can Ease Staff Burnout—and Improve Patient Safety
A Major European–U.S. Hospital Study Finds That Changing How Hospitals Are Organized Reduces Burnout and Turnover While Improving Care Quality
ED Psychiatric Boarding of Children Worsens Nationwide
Penn LDI Senior Fellow Dominic Sisti Cites “Alarming Levels”
Methadone Use Rises—But Too Few People Get Opioid Medication
Chart of the Day: Methadone Use for Opioid Use Disorder Tripled From 2010–2020, Yet Only One in Four People With Addiction Receive Medication
Can AI Hear When Patients Are Ready for Palliative Care?
Researchers Use AI to Analyze Patient Phone Calls for Vocal Cues Predicting Palliative Care Acceptance
Medicare’s Hidden Fix for High Drug Costs
Medicare’s Payment Plan Can Ease Seniors’ Crushing Drug Costs but Medicare Buries it in the Fine Print
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.
Upcoming Events
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Keeping the Momentum: Moving Forward in the Opioid Epidemic
A Conversation with Jonathan Caulkins, PhD, Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, and Rachel Winograd, PhD, moderated by Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH
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.
Barbara Kahn, PhD, MBA
- Patty and Jay H. Baker Professor, Marketing , Wharton School
- Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
John Hershey, PhD
- Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus, Operations and Information Management , Wharton School
Andy Murray, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Stawnychy, PhD, CRNP
- Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Eileen Lake, PhD, RN
- Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
Alexis Zollo, PhD
- Psychologist , Perelman School of Medicine
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Anesthesiology and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
Alex Shpenev, PhD
- Lecturer, Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics , School of Arts and Sciences
J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN
- Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Family & 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
$160M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
11,300+
Journal Articles Published (2020–2024)
$400K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI