From Secret Health Care Prices to Too Much Information
Why a 2020 Federal Price Transparency Initiative has yet to Produce a Consumer Shopping Revolution
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
LDI generates critical evidence to improve U.S. health care delivery, patient care, and health policy.
Lung Cancer Screening Isn’t Enough. Pay People to Quit Smoking.
Cash Incentives Doubled Quit Rates Among High-Risk Patients, Penn LDI Study Finds
Securing Abandoned Houses May Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdoses
Penn Study Finds Fewer Fatal Overdoses on Blocks Where Vacant Buildings were Sealed
A Virtual Doctor May Be Coming to a Kidney Clinic Near You
AI May Be a Scalable Way to Educate Transplant Patients, but its Clinical Impact Remains Unclear
A Potentially Harmful ED Delay That Has Been Widely Overlooked
New Study Focuses on Boarding Transition Time to Inpatient Medical Care
Pennsylvania Could Lose SNAP. Here’s One Way to Save It
A Sweetened-Drink Tax May Raise Revenue Statewide While Improving Health
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with John Cawley, PhD
The Effects of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in the U.S.
Open to Penn Affiliates
Hybrid Event
Health Policy Research Seminar with Daniel Ollendorf, PhD, MPH
At the Intersection of Access and Affordability: A Brief, Tortured History of Health Technology Assessment and the Current Role of ICER
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.
Freya Yang
- PhD Student, Nursing , Penn Nursing
Jeremy Cannon, MD, SM
- Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD
- Associate Professor, General Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
- Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Caroline Darlington, PhD, MSN, WHNP-BC
- Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program , Perelman School of Medicine
Nadir Yehya, MD, MSCE
- Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Lakshmi Prasanna Markonda, MSN
- PhD Student , Penn Nursing
Elizabeth Sonnenberg, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Surgery , 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
$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
12,100+
Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI