Focus Areas

Health Equity

Health Equity

Improving health and reducing health disparities through a more equitable health care system.

Opioid Epidemic

Finding sustainable, humane, and effective solutions to the opioid epidemic.

Population Health

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.

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.

Mucio Kit Delgado, MD, MS

  • Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Associate Professor, Addiction Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Beth Linker

Beth Linker, PhD, MBE

  • Professor, History and Sociology of Science, School of Arts and Sciences
  • Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Gary Bass

Gary Bass, MD, MSc, MBA, FEBS

  • Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine