Health Care Access and Coverage
Optimizing insurance and access to health care to provide high-quality health care.
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 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.
Opioid Epidemic
Finding sustainable, humane, and effective solutions to the opioid epidemic.
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.
AI in Health Care and the FDA’s Blind Spot
A Novel Study Shows That Large Language Models Act Like Medical Devices in Clinical Care Scenarios
Medicaid’s Low Pay for Doctors Makes it Hard For Patients to Find Care
Paying More For Primary Care Showed Dramatic Results, LDI Fellow Found
Three Years After Dobbs – Abortion Battle Deepens Across Courts, Clinics, and State Lines
Penn LDI Panel Warns of Rising Health Inequities, Legal Confusion, and Digital Surveillance
Nurses Should Be Able To Be Researchers and Caregivers
They Should Have the Same Dual Career Options as Doctors, These Nurse Scientists Say
Penn Researcher Awarded $8 Million to Advance Mental Health Diagnostics Using AI
LDI Senior Fellow Yong Chen Leads a Data Team in a New Five-Year NIH Project
Black Men’s Early Experiences Shape Recovery From Serious Trauma
Neighborhood Perceptions May Also Affect PTSD and Depression Recovery After Serious Injury
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 Hornik, PhD
- Wilbur Schramm Professor Emeritus, Communication and Health Policy , Annenberg School for Communication
Laurin Bixby
- PhD Student, Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
- Master’s Student, Statistics and Data Science , Wharton School
Anish Agarwal, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Marina Serper, MD, MS
- Associate Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Celsea Tibbitt, PhD, RN
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research , Penn Nursing
Jadry Gruen, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Cardiology , Perelman School of Medicine
- MSHP Student , Perelman School of Medicine
Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD
- Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, History and Sociology of Science , School of Arts and Sciences