Temperature Extremes Mean More No-Shows at Pediatric Visits
Kids Missed Doctor’s Appointments More Often in Severe Weather
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
LDI generates critical evidence to improve U.S. health care delivery, patient care, and health policy.
Kids Are Getting Sicker. The NIH Must Adapt, LDI Fellow Writes
His Team Urges NIH Reforms to Spur Pediatric Research and Reverse America’s Worsening Child Health Crisis
How the No Surprises Act Solved One Problem and Created Another
LDI Tradeoffs Seminar Examines How Arbitration Rules Are Inflating Payments and Overwhelming the System
Heat and Cold Deaths Are Rising Faster for Less Educated Americans
Chart of the Day: New Study Links Lower Education Levels to Rising Climate-Related Deaths
Cost Plus Drugs Beats Health Insurance for High-Cost Generics
Chart of the Day: Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs Can Save Employer-Covered Patients Hundreds on Some Generics
Penn LDI’s Eric Roberts Wins AcademyHealth Publication of the Year Award
Cited for the “Most Outstanding” Health Services Research of 2025
Impact Report
Our commitment to driving positive change through transformative research powered a series of standout achievements in 2025. Explore how we turned evidence into action to shape smarter health policy.
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
2026 SUMR Research Symposium
Penn LDI Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program
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.
David A. Asch, MD, MBA
- Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
- John Morgan Professor, Medicine and Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Caroline Darlington, PhD, MSN
- Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program , Perelman School of Medicine
Jie Deng, PhD, RN
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Laura Starbird, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Michael Anne Kyle, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Beatrice C. Go, MD
- Resident, Otorhinolaryngology , Perelman School of Medicine
Sumedha Chhatre, PhD
- Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Damon Centola, PhD
- Professor , Annenberg School for Communication
- Professor , School of Engineering and Applied Science
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
$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
12,100+
Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI