Focus Areas

Health Equity

Health Equity

Improving health and reducing health disparities through a more equitable health care system.

Opioid Epidemic

Finding sustainable, humane, and effective solutions to the opioid epidemic.

Population Health

Population Health

Focusing on how societal events, structural forces, and policies influence the health of populations.

Featured Research Updates

We support and amplify scholarship that shapes and expands the knowledge required to improve population health, health care delivery, and health policy.

Working Groups

Penn LDI’s working groups convene researchers with common interests to build collaborations and catalyze new activities.

Our Experts

Over 500 LDI Fellows from across the University of Pennsylvania are part of the Penn LDI community.

Ingrid Nembhard

Ingrid Nembhard, PhD, MS

  • Fishman Family President’s Distinguished Professor , Wharton School
  • Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Harald Schmidt

Harald Schmidt, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Harold Feldman

Harold Feldman, MD, MSCE

  • Emeritus Professor, Biostatistics and Epidemiology , Perelman School of Medicine
  • Director, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Perelman School of Medicine
Atheendar Venkataramani

Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
  • Director, Opportunity for Health Lab , Perelman School of Medicine