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.
Medicaid Financing and the Health Care Safety Net
Preparing for Challenges Ahead
Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Data
Issue Brief: Understanding Gaps and Opportunities to Advance Research and Policy
How One Study Helped Save Free Preventive Care in a Supreme Court Showdown
A 2024 Study Showing How Even Small Copays Reduce PrEP Use Fueled Media, Legal, and Advocacy Efforts As Courts Weighed a Case Threatening No-Cost Preventive Care for Millions
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.
Anand Shah, MD, MPH
- Chief Executive Officer, Aster Insights
Siva Mathiyazhagan, PhD, MSW
- Research Assistant Professor , School of Social Policy & Practice
Julia DiTosto, MS
- PhD Student, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Malitta Engstrom, PhD, LCSW
- Associate Professor , School of Social Policy & Practice
Eva Catenaccio, MD
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Eric T. Roberts, PhD
- Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Jay Giri, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Surbhi Grover, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology , Perelman School of Medicine