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Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
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Outdated Laws Target Black and Queer Lives in Over 30 States, Fueling a Deadly Disease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
Health Impacts of SNAP Provisions in 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.
Erin Sieke, MD, MS
- Clinical Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Stephen Bonett, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Neil Sehgal, ME
- PhD Student, Computer and Information Science , School of Engineering and Applied Science
Ari Friedman, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Joanna Hart, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Sarah Revak, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow , Perelman School of Medicine
Heather Burris, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Neonatology , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng, MPH
- PhD Student, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
- MBE Student, Medical Ethics and 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
$160M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
11,300+
Journal Articles Published (2020–2024)
$400K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI