Congress Extends More Telehealth Care Just Before the 2024 Holidays
But Many Services Were Only Extended Until March 2025
2024 Year in Review
Read Penn LDI’s 2024 Year in Review and learn about the initiatives, research, and achievements that shaped our year.
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Pilot Project Begun in LDI’s CICADA Program is Published by JAMA Network
LDI Senior Fellow and Former CICADA Scholar Yehoda Martei Investigated Guideline-Concordant Cancer Care in Older Adults with Cancer
A Dedicated Effort to Reduce Black Birth Complications Yields Results
LDI Fellows Find a Coordinated Systematic Intervention Improved Black Maternal Health Outcomes
Top Dozen 2024 LDI News Stories
Focusing in on Health Care Policy’s Most Pressing Issues
LDI Research and Analysis That Caught Your Attention in 2024
Topics of Interest Included Insights About Health Disparities and Implications of Health Policies
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Has the U.S. Cured Health Care Cost Growth?
A Conversation with Melinda J.B. Buntin, PhD, Amitabh Chandra, PhD, and Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, 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.
David A. Asch, MD, MBA
- Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
- John Morgan Professor, Medicine and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Shannon Ugarte, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
- Clinical Fellow, Penn Center for Healthcare Improvement & Patient Safety (Penn CHIPS), Perelman School of Medicine
Richard Patti
- PhD Student, Sociology and Demography, School of Arts and Sciences
- MA Student, Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School
Matthew Kearney, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine
Farouk Dako, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Radiology in the Cardiothoracic Imaging Division, Perelman School of Medicine
Matthew McHugh, PhD, RN
- The Independence Chair for Nursing Education, Penn Nursing
- Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Penn Nursing
Aaron Richterman, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease, Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Lawton Robert Burns, PhD, MBA
- James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
- Professor, Management, Wharton School
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