Positive Neighborhood Social Perceptions Linked To Lower Parental Stress
Factors That Reduce Stress May Improve Health for Both Parents and Children
Our Mission
Improving health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and 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.
Upcoming Event
Possibilities, Politics, and Priorities: Transforming Long-Term Care
Featuring Senator Bob Casey
Friday, May 27, 2022 | 9:00–10:20 a.m. ET
$104 Million
In Research Grants Given Annually to Senior Fellows
100,879
Senior Fellow Journal Citations in 2017–2021
7,457
Articles Published by Senior Fellows in 2021
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Mortality
Black Women Dying More Often From Early-Stage Cancers
Digital Medicine 2.0 – The Questions and Daunting Challenges of Expedient Clinical Use
Penn LDI Panel Discusses Major Digital Health Tool Issues
Photos from the Inaugural Sandy Schwartz Memorial Grand Rounds
Going Forward, the Annual Event Will Focus on Young Investigators
How Do Resources for Nurses in Maternity Units Vary?
Notable Differences Found in Staffing Across the U.S.
What Can Pennsylvania Learn from the Opioid Epidemic?
Penn LDI Senior Fellow and Emergency Medicine Physician Testifies at House Health Committee Hearing
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.
Samuel Takvorian, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
Kathleen Burke, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Penn Nursing
Kristin Linn, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
Kierra Foley, MA, RN
- PhD Student, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA
- Professor Emerita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Population Health and Health Equity, Perelman School of Medicine
Gabriela Khazanov, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn Center for the Prevention of Suicide, Perelman School of Medicine
Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Tulia Falleti, PhD
- The Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor, Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Eighth Annual Health Insurance Exchange Conference
Health Insurance and Exchanges Under the Biden Administration
Invitation-only event
Virtual Event
Possibilities, Politics, and Priorities: Transforming Long-Term Care
A Conversation with Senator Bob Casey, JD, Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, Jasmine Travers, PhD, RN, Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD, and Rodney Whitlock, PhD
In-Person Event
Penn LDI AcademyHealth Party
Eat, Drink, Reconnect, and Celebrate
Invitation-only event