Focus Areas

AI in Health Care

Harnessing artificial intelligence to improve health care delivery and outcomes.

Health Equity

Health Equity

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

Substance Use Disorder

Finding sustainable, humane, and effective strategies to address substance use disorder.

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.

Christopher Caruso

Christopher Caruso, MD, MPH

  • Clinical Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
  • Student, Master of Science in Health Policy Research (MSHP) , Perelman School of Medicine
Yong Chen

Yong Chen, PhD

  • Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Keven Cabrera

Keven Cabrera, MD

  • Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia