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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.
Sepsis Patients Get Lost After Hospital Discharge, LDI Fellows Say
But Hospitals Can Find Them and Give Better Follow-Up Care With Digital Tools
Six Things to Know About Cash Transfer Programs and Children’s Health
Cash Alone Isn’t Enough. Here’s What Research Says Families Need
First Responders Face Hidden Brain Injury Risks, Penn LDI Review Finds
Police, Firefighters, and EMTs Suffer More Injuries and Face Care Gaps, LDI Fellow Says
When Hospitals Get Busier, Black Patients Face Higher Death Risk
Distributing Patients Across Hospitals Might Help Close the Racial Gap
$25 Nearly Doubled Black and Hispanic Clinical Trial Enrollment
LDI and CHIBE Fellows Find Small Cash Incentives May Help Close Gaps in Heart Research
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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.
Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Enmanuel Fernandez
- PhD Student, Nursing , Penn Nursing
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
- George A. Weiss University Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Catherine (Kate) Sharoky, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Katharine Rendle, PhD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology , Perelman School of Medicine
Adda Grimberg, MD
- Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Scientific Director, Diagnostic and Research Growth Center , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Christine Forke, PhD, MSN
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine & Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
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.
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$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
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Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI