Six Lessons Learned from the Global COVID-19 Vaccine Development Response
Can Inform Future Pandemics
New Funding Opportunities
Penn LDI is pleased to announce two funding opportunities: The 2021 Small Grants Program and a new funding opportunity in partnership with the inaugural LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory.
Upcoming Event
Mental Health Care in Flux: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Care
Friday, October 29, 2021 | 12:00–2:15 p.m. ET
Virtual Conference co-hosted with the Penn Center for Mental Health
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.
$105 Million
In Research Grants Given Annually to Senior Fellows
95,000
Senior Fellow Journal Citations in 2016–20
7,030
Articles Published by Senior Fellows in 2020
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Racial Disparities in Avoidable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries
Gap Widens in Medicare Advantage
How Consumers Describe Racism in Health Care
Yelp Reviews Highlight Racist Experiences
Unconditional Cash as a Safety Net Health Intervention
Penn LDI Virtual Panel Explores Latest Wealth and Health Research and Insights
Geographic Disparities in Lower Extremity Amputation Rates
Highest Rates Associated with Poor and Black ZIP Codes
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.
Lauren Starr, PhD, MBE, RN
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, Penn Nursing
Heather Wolfe, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Jessica Lee, MD, MHS
- Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
- MSHP Student, Perelman School of Medicine
Kimberly Waddell, PhD, OTR/L
- Postdoctoral Fellow, General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Joanna Hart, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Sammy Dhaliwal, PhD, MSc
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Rabie Shanti, DMD, MD
- Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Penn Dental Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Susan Salkowitz, MA, MGA, FCPP
- Principal, Health Information Systems Consultant, Salkowitz Associates, LLC
Upcoming Events
LDI Research Seminar with Jevay Grooms, PhD
Can Information Reduce Physician Bias?
Virtual Event
Health Care at Home: A New Frontier
Virtual Conversation with Bruce Allen Leff, MD, Craig Samitt, MD, Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, and Reed Tuckson, MD, FACP, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
LDI Research Seminar with Laura Wherry, PhD
Multigenerational Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net: Early Life Exposure to Medicaid and the Next Generation’s Health