Inside Medicare’s Stalled Shift to Value-Based Care
Former CMMI Leader Liz Fowler Cites Rigid Federal Scoring Rules and Bureaucratic Impatience for Pilot Failures
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
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
How Hospitals Can Ease Staff Burnout—and Improve Patient Safety
A Major European–U.S. Hospital Study Finds That Changing How Hospitals Are Organized Reduces Burnout and Turnover While Improving Care Quality
ED Psychiatric Boarding of Children Worsens Nationwide
Penn LDI Senior Fellow Dominic Sisti Cites “Alarming Levels”
Methadone Use Rises—But Too Few People Get Opioid Medication
Chart of the Day: Methadone Use for Opioid Use Disorder Tripled From 2010–2020, Yet Only One in Four People With Addiction Receive Medication
Can AI Hear When Patients Are Ready for Palliative Care?
Researchers Use AI to Analyze Patient Phone Calls for Vocal Cues Predicting Palliative Care Acceptance
Medicare’s Hidden Fix for High Drug Costs
Medicare’s Payment Plan Can Ease Seniors’ Crushing Drug Costs but Medicare Buries it in the Fine Print
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
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Keeping the Momentum: Moving Forward in the Opioid Epidemic
A Conversation with Jonathan Caulkins, PhD, Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, and Rachel Winograd, PhD, moderated by Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH
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.
Abby Sartor, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Gynecologic Oncology , Perelman School of Medicine
Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Neurology , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology , Perelman School of Medicine
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Rebecca Suzanne Pepe, MPH
- PhD Student, Social Welfare , School of Social Policy & Practice
Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH
- Professor, Clinical Family Medicine & Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
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
Harald Schmidt, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy , 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.
Fast Facts
$160M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
11,300+
Journal Articles Published (2020–2024)
$400K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI