In-Person Event
Policy Seminar with PA DHS Secretary Valerie A. Arkoosh, MD, MPH
Open to Penn Affiliates
Our Mission
To improve 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 Events
Virtual Event
What Happened to the Nursing Workforce?
A Conversation with David Benton, PhD, RN, Bianca Frogner, PhD, Gopi Shah Goda, PhD, Karen Lasater, PhD, RN, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
Fast Facts
$142 Million
In Research Grants Given Annually to Senior Fellows
141,957
Senior Fellow Journal Citations in 2018–2022
9,721
Articles Published by Senior Fellows in 2022
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Will Over-the-Counter Access Increase Availability of an Overdose-Reverser and an Oral Contraceptive?
Probably Not: If the Past Is Any Guide, Cost and Access Will Likely Stand in the Way
Americans May Support Medicaid Work Requirements But Not Efforts to Exclude People for Noncompliance
Survey Shows Surprising Agreement Among Groups Regarding Health Care Coverage Policies
Fentanyl Remains the Big Driver of Overdoses so Stay Focused on Naloxone as an Antidote
LDI’s Jeanmarie Perrone Names Biggest Takeaways from NIDA’s Conference on Opioid Care
The Epidemic of Black Women Overdoses
Deaths Have Soared Since 2015, and Younger Black Women Are at Special Risk
The Expansion of Medicare Advantage and Solvency of Traditional Medicare
Penn LDI Virtual Seminar Focuses Top Experts on a Formidable Tangle of Policy Issues
Watch: Study Links Climate Change to a Large Rise in Heart-Related Deaths in the U.S.
Extreme Heat Will Likely Harm Black People and the Elderly the Most, LDI Researchers Find
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.
Dava Szalda, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Charlotte Woods-Hill, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Alex Rees-Jones, PhD
- Associate Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School
George Dalembert, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
John MacDonald, PhD
- Professor, Criminology and Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
- Professor, Education Policy, Graduate School of Education
Alexander Moffett, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Stephanie Creary, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Management, Wharton School
Anish Agarwal, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine