For Medicare Recipients, Care After Hospital Stays Remains Common
Regardless of Medicare Type, Patients Used More Skilled Nursing Facilities Than Home Health Care After Hospital Discharge
Our Mission
Penn LDI is dedicated to improving 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.
LDI Fellows Bowles, Halpern, and South Named to National Academy of Medicine
Cited for Contributions in Science, Medicine, and Health
The Future Promise and Risk of Generative AI in Clinical Settings
Report from the Penn LDI AI in Health Care Conference
Key Lessons for Ethical and Affordable Access to GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic and Wegovy
How Other Nations’ Policies Can Guide Fair Access to Life-Saving Obesity and Diabetes Drugs Amid High Prices
Why Deaths Are Likely to Rise from Hotter Weather Due to Climate Change
LDI Study Highlights Rising Heat’s Impact on Mortality
$6.5 Million CDC Grant Funds Penn Prevention Research Center for Another Five Years
Led by Three LDI Senior Fellows, Center Will Increase Focus on Cancer
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
LDI Fellows Workshop: Introduction to LDI’s Latest Data Resource – Truveta
Sample Case: Leveraging EHR Data for RWE Studies
Open only to LDI Fellows
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with Zack Cooper, PhD
Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? Evidence from Hospital Mergers
Open to Penn Affiliates
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.
Halley Ruppel, PhD, RN
- Research Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Charlotte Woods-Hill, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Rebecca Suzanne Pepe, MPH
- PhD Student, Social Welfare, School of Social Policy & Practice
Alexandra Casison, MPH
- PhD Student, Demography, School of Arts and Sciences
- MA Student, Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School
David Lydon-Staley, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Communication, Annenberg School for Communication
Gabriela Khazanov, PhD
- Research Associate, Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Research Psychologist, Center of Excellence for Substance Addiction Treatment and Education (CESATE)
Stephen Bonett, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
William Patrick, MD
- Resident, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
- Student, Master of Science in Health Policy, 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
$150M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
9,500+
Journal Articles Published (2019–2023)
$1M+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI