Functional Impairment in Middle-Aged Adults
A Growing Issue in Need of Solutions
Our Mission
Improving health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
Upcoming Event
COVID-19 Vaccines:
One Year Later
Friday, December 10, 2021 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
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.
Minding The Access Gap
Addressing Both The Digital And Transportation Divides To Improve Outcomes
Improving Clinical Decisions Through Social Networks
New Study Shows “Wisdom of Crowds” Corrects Racial and Gender Bias
Moving Health Care into an At-Home Model
Penn LDI Virtual Panel Eyes Potential Seismic Shift for Hospitals Driven by Pandemic Experience
Abdominal Pain in Older Adults
Understanding the Status Quo
Penn Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel Honored by American Academy of Nursing
LDI Senior Fellow Receives 2021 Health Care Leader Award
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.
Anessa Foxwell, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN
- PhD Student, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, Penn Nursing
Cynthia Connolly, PhD, RN, PNP
- Rosemarie B. Greco Term Endowed Professorship in Advocacy, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
- Associate Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, Penn Nursing
Steven Marcus, PhD
- Associate Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice
Nate Apathy, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Wharton School
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Emily MacKey, DO, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Stawnychy, MSN, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar, Nursing, Penn Nursing
Laura Gibson, PhD
- Research Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
COVID-19 Vaccines: One Year Later
Virtual Conversation with Nicole Lurie, MD, MSHP, Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP, FACP, Paul Offit, MD, and Ala Stanford, MD, moderated by Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
2022 Penn LDI/CHERISH Virtual Conference
Using State Licensing Standards to Improve Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Hybrid Event
LDI Policy Seminar with Lee A. Fleisher, MD
Data, Policy, and the Journey from Academic Clinician to Policymaker