The GLP-1 Dilemma: Medical Breakthrough Meets Financial Reality
Penn LDI Panel Examines the Costs, Coverage Gaps, and Equity Challenges of Blockbuster Drugs
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.
Solving the Nursing Shortage Means Supporting Care Workers
After Her Daughter’s Death, LDI Fellow Calls for Stronger Care Worker Training and Standards
When Higher Minimum Wages Don’t Mean Higher Incomes
New Research Finds Wage Increases Can Reduce Work Hours and Income for Some Women and Affect Infant Health
Menopause Care is Growing, but Access Remains Unequal
Insurance May Shape Who Gets the Best Menopause Treatment
Seven Things to Know About the FDA’s One-Trial Approach to Drug Approval
It Could Speed Drug Approvals but Also Make It Harder to Know if a Drug Works, Penn LDI Fellows Say
45 Excess Child Deaths a Day in the U.S.
Half-Century Study Finds U.S. Trailing 13 Healthier OECD Nations
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Book Talk with Helen Redmond, LCSW
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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.
Aaron Schwartz, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Abigail Wilpers, PhD, WHNP-BC
- Assistant Professor, Family & Community Health , Penn Nursing
Timothy Markman, MD
- Assistant Professor, Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease , Perelman School of Medicine
Daniel Gorenstein
- Founder and Executive Editor, Tradeoffs Podcast
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
Aidan Crowley
- MD-PhD Student, Medical Scientist Training Program , Perelman School of Medicine
- MD-PhD Student, Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Emma Gerstenzang, MD
- Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program , Perelman School of Medicine
- Clinical Fellow, Hospital Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jennifer Myers, MD
- Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
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
Our Impact
Penn LDI’s success stems from creating multidisciplinary solutions to our nation’s most pressing health care problems. Explore 20 stories about the transformative power of our institute.
