Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

• Applications are now open for our Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Start date will be arranged in consultation with a faculty mentor but can be as early as July 1, 2024. Please note that this program is administered by LDI and funded by internal and project funds.
• We will start reviewing applications immediately and will begin scheduling interviews in January/February 2024.
• Application requirements are as follows:
  • One-page statement describing career goals and research interests
  • Letters of Reference
  • Job Market Paper
  • Cover Letter
  • CV

Application Deadline: March 31, 2024

The goal of the program is to help postdoctoral fellows launch a successful academic career through mentored research and professional development, participation in seminars and workshops, training in research communications and policy engagement, and opportunities to pursue internal and external funding. Fellows will be paired with a primary mentor who is a Penn LDI-affiliated faculty member and has compatible research interests. Mentors have expertise in fields that include health economics, health services research, health policy, aging and long-term care, population health, and global health. Fellows will have opportunities to collaborate with their primary mentor and other LDI-affiliated Penn faculty on research projects, design and implement original studies, conduct analyses using large administrative data housed at LDI, and lead scientific publications.

LDI postdoctoral fellows typically complete 2-3 research projects during a two-year appointment (and 1-2 projects during a one-year appointment). Postdoctoral fellows are expected to spend 50% of their time doing independent research in collaboration with LDI-affiliated Penn faculty and 50% of their time working on projects led by their primary mentor. Through these collaborations, LDI postdoctoral fellows gain exposure to the team science of health economics and services research. They also are integrated into the larger community of LDI-affiliated postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and graduate students in the field of health economics and services research.

To be eligible, individuals must have completed doctoral training in economics or related fields and must have experience doing research on health-related topics; and must be a US citizen or permanent resident.

Postdoctoral fellows will receive a competitive stipend, annual allowances for travel and research, and workspace at LDI on Penn’s campus. The University also provides a medical, vision, dental, and life insurance benefits package.

Start date will be arranged in consultation with their primary mentor but can be as early as July 1, 2024. Please note that this program is administered by LDI and funded by internal and project funds.

Faculty involvement is a crucial element of the LDI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

Fellows are recruited through a highly organized national process and each cohort is selected from a competitive pool of approximately 100 applicants. LDI postdocs are uniquely qualified to complete projects that require econometrics, cost effectiveness, or other types of analytical support and partnering with the program allows Penn faculty to add health economists to their study teams. 

If you are interested in mentoring and collaborating with an LDI postdoc on a specific project, please send a brief summary of the project, how much effort it would require, and whether you have funding available to Molly Candon, PhD.

• David Rosenkranz, PhD (2023)
• Nate Apathy, PhD (2022)
• Tatiane Santos, PhD, MPH (2022)
• Liisa Laine, PhD, MSc (2022)
• Alon Bergman, PhD (2022)
• Salama Freed, PhD (2020)
• Austin Bean, PhD (2020)
• Molly Candon, PhD (2018)
• Elena Andreyeva, PhD (2018)
• Benjamin D. Ukert, PhD (2018)
• Laura Yasaitis, PhD (2016)
• Karen Lasater, PhD, RN (2015)
• Robert Nathenson, PhD (2014)
• Michael R. Richards, MD, PhD (2013)