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.

Robert Field

Robert Field, PhD, JD

  • Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, Drexel University
  • Professor, Kline School of Law, Drexel University
Alexis Boulter

Alexis Boulter, MD

  • Clinical Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Instructor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
J. Deanna Wilson

J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor, Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Karen Glanz

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH

  • George A. Weiss University Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Penn Nursing
Eva Catenaccio

Eva Catenaccio, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine