Photo & Text Report: Penn LDI at the 2025 AcademyHealth Research Meeting
A Gathering of a Health Services Research Community Currently Under Siege
LDIxTradeoffs Seminar Series
Penn LDI and Tradeoffs present “Decoding the Moment” – a virtual event series offering timely, evidence-based discussions on major federal policy changes with leading experts. Join the discussion about the impact of recent actions and what they mean for the future.
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
LDI at 2025 AcademyHealth Poster Displays
1,000+ Detail the Latest Health Services Research Findings and Insights
Penn SUMR Program Celebrates 25 Years and a National Award
Wharton and LDI’s Joanne Levy Takes the Stage at AcademyHealth
Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program Fails to Lower Hospital Readmissions
New Incentive Structures and Metrics May Improve Program Performance
For-Profit Hospitals Invest Less in Nursing Services
As States Consider Reforms, Study Finds Sharp Disparities in Staffing and Safety Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Black Maternity Patients More Likely to Experience Clinical Communications Failures
New Penn LDI Study Is Based on Hospital Incident Reports Rather Than Electronic Health Records
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Decoding the Moment: Health Impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
A Conversation with Eric Roberts, PhD, Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP, Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD, and Dan Gorenstein
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
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.
Joseph Nwadiuko, MD PhD
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
David S. Abrams, PhD, MS
- William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics , Carey Law School
- Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy , Wharton School
Arnold Rosoff, JD
- Professor Emeritus, Legal Studies and Business Ethics , Wharton School
Anne Teitelman, PhD
- Associate Professor Emerita, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Anneliese Luck, MPP
- PhD Student, Demography and Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH
- Director of Health Equity Research , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Daniel Polsky, PhD, MPP
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Economics, Carey Business School and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Chenyi Ma, PhD, MSW
- Research Assistant Professor , School of Social Policy & Practice
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