AI in Health Care
Harnessing artificial intelligence to improve health care delivery and outcomes.
Our Work
We aim to achieve effective and efficient health care for all people by supporting collaborative, interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research, and education.
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Focus Areas
Health Care Access and Coverage
Optimizing insurance and access to health care to provide high-quality health care.
Health Care Payment and Financing
Building a better health care system by redesigning payment and financing.
Health Equity
Improving health and reducing health disparities through a more equitable health care system.
Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
Substance Use Disorder
Finding sustainable, humane, and effective strategies to address substance use disorder.
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.
One Year, One Enrollment: Continuous Medicaid Eligibility Matters for Kids’ Health
New Findings Highlight the Value of 12-Month Eligibility in Reducing Care Gaps and Paperwork Burdens
Incarcerated Patients May Not Receive the Surgical Care They Need
The Prison System Often Fails to Meet Even Basic Standards for Pre- and Post-Operative Health, Experts Say
Integrated Medicare Advantage Plans Cut Dropout Rates for Dual-Eligible Individuals
Chart of the Day: Fully Integrated D-SNPs Kept These Vulnerable Patients Enrolled, a New Study Finds
Penn Medicine’s LeadIN Program Trains Philly Teens to Green Their Neighborhoods
Photo & Text Story of an Urban Health Lab Initiative to Improve Health and Community Stability
Safe Nurse Staffing Saves Lives and Money Across the World
Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Have Cut Deaths, Eased Burnout, and Saved Millions. Policymakers Must Act Now to Protect Patients
Policy Talk Isn’t Cheap; It Can Affect Your Health
Just Discussing Punitive or Supportive Policies—Even Before They’re Enacted—Can Impact Physical and Mental Health, Especially for Marginalized Groups, LDI Fellow Says
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.
Alex Rees-Jones, PhD
- Associate Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy , Wharton School
Zachary Templeton
- PhD Student, Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Susan Salkowitz, MA, MGA
- Clerk, Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Kimberly Arnold Jenkins, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Effy Zhiyuan Yu, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health Department , Penn Nursing
- Assistant Professor, Center for Global Women’s Health , Penn Nursing
Sindhu Srinivas, MD, MSCE
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Perelman School of Medicine
Jeffrey Berns, MD
- Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Saïd Azoury, MD
- Assistant Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine