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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.
Lower Costs, More Paperwork: New Barriers to Prescription Drugs
Chart of the Day: Medicare, Medicaid, and Insurers Replaced High Costs With More Hurdles, LDI Expert Finds
David Grande Appointed Interim Executive Director of LDI
Will Serve as Provost Office Search for Permanent Director Continues
Opioid Prescriptions Can Lead to Misuse and Poor Job Performance
Military Data Link New Opioid Prescriptions to Fewer Promotions and More Misconduct
LDI and American Healthcare
The Pennsylvania Gazette Reflects on How LDI’s Leaders and Fellows Are Meeting the Federal Policy Moment
Lincoln Was Sick at Gettysburg. It May Explain His Greatest Speech
An LDI Fellow Argues Smallpox Forced Lincoln’s Brevity—and Changed History
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2026 SUMR Research Symposium
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Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise or Pitfall
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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.
Eileen Lake, PhD, RN
- Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
Malitta Engstrom, PhD, LCSW
- Associate Professor , School of Social Policy & Practice
Lillian Buchhalter, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Charles Leonard, PharmD, MSCE, MPH
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Rachel Kohn, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
Kent Smetters, PhD
- Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy , Wharton School
- Professor, Applied Math and Computational Science , School of Arts and Sciences
Andre Konski, MD, MBA
- Medical Director, Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, Radiation Oncology
- Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology , Perelman School of Medicine
Alex Rees-Jones, PhD
- Associate Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy , 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