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.
Marilyn Schapira Honored with Perelman School of Medicine Award
Recipient of 2024 Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award
Patients Do Better When Care Teams Collaborate
But Professionals Must Learn from Each Other to Bond as a Team
Unfinished Business: Tackling Fragmented Care for Dual Eligibles
Second Penn LDI 2024 Meeting on the Issue Discusses Policy Recommendation Details
Medicare Advantage: LDI Fellows’ Findings On The Largest Part of Medicare
A Digest of LDI Research on Equity, Costs, and Care in Medicare Advantage Over The Last Two Years
Investing In Safety: Reimbursing Safe Firearm Storage Counseling
Leveraging Medicaid to Prioritize Pediatric Safety and Prevent Firearm Injuries
What C-Suite Nurse Leaders Say About LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Health Care
Inclusive Care Needs Action and Intention, LDI Fellow Says
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 Field, PhD, JD
- Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Professor, Kline School of Law, Drexel University
Alexander Moffett, MD, MSHP
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Godefroy Chery, MD, MHS
- Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
Katharine Rendle, PhD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Alexis Zollo, PhD
- Psychologist, Perelman School of Medicine
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Ruochen Sun, MS, MPH
- PhD Student, Health Care Management, Wharton School
Rachel French, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing