Our Experts

LDI's 300+ Senior Fellows bridge all twelve of Penn’s schools, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. These national experts produce data-driven, policy-focused research that improves our nation’s health and health care.

Experts

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A

Linda Aiken, PhD, RN
Linda Aiken, PhD, RN
Claire Fagin Leadership Professor, School of Nursing
Professor, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing

B

Jose A Bauermeister, PhD, MPH
Presidential Professor, Family & Community Health, School of Nursing
Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Professor of Nursing and vanAmeringen Chair, School of Nursing
Director, Center for Integrative Science in Aging, School of Nursing
Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN
Assistant Dean, Clinical Nurse Learning and Innovation, School of Nursing
Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
Director of Engagement, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Associate Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing
Associate Professor, Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE), Perelman School of Medicine

C

Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, CRNP, BC, FGSA, FAAN
Ralston House Term Chair, Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing
Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing, Geropsychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing
Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Ariana M. Chao, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Cynthia A. Connolly, PhD, RN, PNP
Rosemarie B. Greco Term Endowed Professorship in Advocacy, School of Nursing
Associate Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing
Co-Faculty Director, Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research, School of Social Policy & Practice

D

Patricia D'Antonio, PhD, FAAN, RN
Patricia D'Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN
Carol E. Ware Professor, Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing
Chair, Department of Family & Community Health, School of Nursing
Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing
George Demiris, Penn Nursing School
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing
Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine

E

Mary Ersek
Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, FPCN
Professor of Palliative Care, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

F

Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
Director Emerita, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing
Nightingale Professor in Honor of Nursing Veterans, School of Nursing
Chair, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing
Dalmacio Dennis Flores, PhD, ACRN
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing

H

Karen Hirschman, PhD, MSW, FGSA
Research Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Nancy A. Hodgson, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor, Biobehavioral Health Science, School of Nursing
John Holmes, PhD
John H. Holmes, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Professor, School of Nursing

J

Sara F. Jacoby, PhD, MPH, MSN
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing

K

Susan Keim, PhD, MSN, MS, CRNP
Director, Nursing & Healthcare Administration Program, School of Nursing
Vice Chair, Biobehavioral Health Sciences Department, School of Nursing
Melanie Kornides, ScD, MPH, APRN
Assistant Professor, Family & Community Health, School of Nursing

L

Eileen Lake, PhD, RN
Eileen Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jessie M. Scott Endowed Term Chair, Professor of Nursing and Health Policy, School of Nursing
Professor, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy, School of Nursing
Karen Lasater, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA
Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Population Health and Health Equity Professor, School of Nursing
Professor, Healthcare Management, Wharton School
Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Assistant Dean for Community Engagement, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing

M

Lea Ann Matura, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing
Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing
Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH
Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
The Independence Chair for Nursing Education, School of Nursing
Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar
Salimah Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN
Professor, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, School of Nursing
Term Chair, Palliative Care, School of Nursing

N

Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN
Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN
Marian S. Ware Professor, School of Nursing
Director, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, School of Nursing

P

G. Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing
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Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH
Viola MacInnes/ Independence Professor, School of Nursing

R

Therese S. Richmond, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Therese S. Richmond, PhD, RN
Andrea B. Laporte Endowed Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, School of Nursing
Professor, Nursing in Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Barbara J. Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Barbara J. Riegel, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Professor, School of Nursing

S

Julie A. Sochalski, PhD, FAAN, RN
Julie A. Sochalski, PhD, FAAN, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean, Academic Programs, School of Nursing

U

Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, FAAN
Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine

V

Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Margaret Bond Simon Dean, School of Nursing
Professor, School of Nursing