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.
Heather Schofield, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy and Operations, Information and Decisions, Wharton School
Rebecca Mueller, MS, MA, LCGC
- PhD Student, History and Sociology of Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Hoangmai Pham, MD, MPH
- President, Institute for Exceptional Care
Anish Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MSHP
- Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPHIL, PhD, FAMIA
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (DBEI), Perelman School of Medicine
Evan Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
- Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer for University City, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sara Ginzberg, MD
- Resident, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
- Student, Master of Science in Health Policy Research, Perelman School of Medicine
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