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.
How Playing Games May Save People’s Lives
The Growing Use of Gamification in Health Motivates People to Exercise More and Take Other Actions to Improve Their Physical Well-Being
LDI Research Helped Shape Pennsylvania’s New Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit
Pa.’s New Bipartisan Tax Credit is Designed to be Simple and Refundable – Reflecting Core Points From Penn LDI Researchers Who Briefed State Leaders
Top Dozen 2025 LDI News Stories
Focusing in on Some of Health Care Policy’s Most Urgent Issues
Impact: LDI Fellows Shaped Public Discussion and Public Policy in 2025
Highlighting 10 Ways LDI Fellows Put Their Research Into Action
10 Noteworthy Research Articles from LDI in 2025
From AI-Powered Public Health Messaging to Stark Divides in Child Wellness and Medicaid Access, LDI Experts Highlight Urgent Problems and Compelling Solutions
How Republicans Could Fashion a Practical Option to Obamacare
An LDI Expert Offers Three Recommendations That Address Core Criticisms of the ACA’s Model
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.
Heather Burris, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Neonatology , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Katelin Hoskins, PhD, MBE
- Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Zarina Ali, MD
- Associate Professor, Neurosurgery , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
Rebecca Stewart, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Penn Center for Mental Health , Perelman School of Medicine
Kathryn Pearson, PhD
- President & Founder, Enterprise Learning Solutions Inc
Rebecca Suzanne Pepe, MPH
- PhD Student, Social Welfare , School of Social Policy & Practice
Levia Sutton, MSN, CRNA
- PhD Student, Nursing , Penn Nursing