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.
Explore Our Latest Research and News
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.
Young Scholars Arrive at 2024 AcademyHealth Research Meeting
Baltimore Event Immerses Them in the National Health Services Research Community
New Study Documents Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Veterans’ Experiences With VA-Funded Community Care
Disparities Were Modest but Persisted
Amanda Kreider Receives ASHEcon Chair Award
Cited for “Exceptional Abstract” on Adverse Selection in Medicaid Networks
Surveys of Hospital Patients Evolve to Use Email, Phone and Mail and Even Narratives
Concerns Remain About Measuring Racism. LDI Experts Weigh in on How HCAHPS Surveys Can Be Improved
Sean Hennessy Wins Clinical Pharmacology Society Award
Honored for Outstanding Contributions to the Field
Shivan Mehta Wins 2024 Clinical and Translational Science Award
Cited for Proof of Concept to Widespread Clinical Use Achievements
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.
Deepa Ramadurai, MD
- Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Siyuan Yin, MD
- Doctoral Student, Marketing, Wharton School
Michael Ashburn, MD, MPH
- Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Sang Bin You, MSN, RN
- PhD Student, Penn Nursing
Joshua Hitchings, MD
- Fellow, Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Joseph Martinez, PhD
- MD-PhD Student, Perelman School of Medicine
- MD-PhD Student, Healthcare Management and Economics, Wharton School
Michael Sielski
- PhD Student, Health Care Management and Economics, Wharton School
- MD Student, Perelman School of Medicine
Edvard Gumbs, MD
- Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine