Securing Abandoned Houses May Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdoses
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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.
A Virtual Doctor May Be Coming to a Kidney Clinic Near You
AI May Be a Scalable Way to Educate Transplant Patients, but its Clinical Impact Remains Unclear
A Potentially Harmful ED Delay That Has Been Widely Overlooked
New Study Focuses on Boarding Transition Time to Inpatient Medical Care
Pennsylvania Could Lose SNAP. Here’s One Way to Save It
A Sweetened-Drink Tax May Raise Revenue Statewide While Improving Health
State-Level Flavored Tobacco Bans: Are They Working in Youth?
LDI Fellow Recommends Coupling Bans With Price Increases, Cessation Support to Meaningfully Reduce Youth Use
Global Nursing Shortage Requires Better Workplaces, Not Just More Nurses
Penn-led Symposium: Magnet4Europe Hospitals Improved Retention, Safety, and Quality by Giving Nurses a Greater Voice in Care Delivery
Upcoming Events
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From Research to Policy: Data Visualization and Communication Strategies
Penn Climate Week Workshop
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with John Cawley, PhD
The Effects of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in the U.S.
Open to Penn Affiliates
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.
Sarita Sonalkar, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Perelman School of Medicine
Dara Bakar, MD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Allergy and Immunology , Perelman School of Medicine
Meredith Doherty, PhD, LCSW
- Assistant Professor, Social Work and Non-Profit Leadership , School of Social Policy & Practice
Eileen Lake, PhD, RN
- Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
Hanming Fang, PhD
- Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor, Economics , School of Arts and Sciences
- Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Mary Naylor, PhD, RN
- Marian S. Ware Professor, Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Director, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Charlotte Woods-Hill, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesia and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
Patricia Danzon, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Health Care 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
$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
12,100+
Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI