Nursing Home Incentive Program Falls Flat, New Work Explains Potential Reasons
A Major Federal Value-Based Purchasing Program Was Designed to Cut Hospital Readmissions. LDI Fellows Say the Incentives Are Too Small to Drive Real Change
Our Mission
We connect researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania with a common mission: to improve health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
New APHA Book Warns Social Systems Are Driving Deepening Health Inequities
Penn LDI’s Antonia Villarruel and 10 Other Authors Map Social Determinants Across Multiple Racial and Ethnic Groups
Analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program
Memo: Response to Request for Analysis
Reforming Long-Term Care Policy
Lessons from the Past, Imperatives for the Future
Inside ICE Detention: Many Facilities Operated Without Qualified Health Staff
A New Study of a Sample of Facilities Found Half Without Any Behavioral Health Staff
New National Study Finds Doctors Paid Less for Treating Black and Hispanic Patients
Physicians Were Paid About 10% Less for Visits Involving Black and Hispanic Patients, With Pediatric Gaps Reaching 15%, According to a First-of-Its-Kind LDI Analysis
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Financing Long-Term Care: Public vs. Private Solutions
A Conversation with Richard G. Frank, PhD, Narda Ipakchi, MBA, and R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD, 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.
J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Adolescent Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Arina Chesnokova, MD MPH
- Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Perelman School of Medicine
Morgan Watson
- PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Joon Park, MA
- PhD Student, Social Welfare , School of Social Policy & Practice
Brian VanderBeek, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Ophthalmology , Perelman School of Medicine
Joaquin Vizcarra Pasapera, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Research , Perelman School of Medicine
- Instructor, Neurology , Perelman School of Medicine
Michelle Heredia, RN
- PhD Student, Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research , Penn Nursing
Hummy Song, PhD, MPP
- Associate Professor, Operations, Information, and Decisions, and Healthcare Management , Wharton School
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