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.
Can Cash Transfers and Wealth Building Interventions Boost the Nation’s Health?
Penn LDI Seminar Explores Guaranteed Income and Cash Transfer Developments
Enrollment Grows in Integrated Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents
Enrollment Remains Modest for Those on Medicare and Medicaid, but Specialized I-SNPs Drive Growth
For Medicare Recipients, Care After Hospital Stays Remains Common
Regardless of Medicare Type, Patients Used More Skilled Nursing Facilities Than Home Health Care After Hospital Discharge
LDI Fellows Bowles, Halpern, and South Named to National Academy of Medicine
Cited for Contributions in Science, Medicine, and Health
The Future Promise and Risk of Generative AI in Clinical Settings
Report from the Penn LDI AI in Health Care Conference
Key Lessons for Ethical and Affordable Access to GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic and Wegovy
How Other Nations’ Policies Can Guide Fair Access to Life-Saving Obesity and Diabetes Drugs Amid High Prices
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.
Xiaoxuan (Priscilla) Liu, RN
- PhD Student, Penn Nursing
Chase Brown, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Oonjee Oh, MSN, RN
- PhD Student, Penn Nursing
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Priyanka Joshi, MD
- Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Benjamin Steyer, MD, PhD
- Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Gabriela Khazanov, PhD
- Research Associate, Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Research Psychologist, Center of Excellence for Substance Addiction Treatment and Education (CESATE)