AI in Health Care
Harnessing artificial intelligence to improve health care delivery and outcomes.
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 Care Access and Coverage
Optimizing insurance and access to health care to provide high-quality health care.
Health Care Payment and Financing
Building a better health care system by redesigning payment and financing.
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.
Substance Use Disorder
Finding sustainable, humane, and effective strategies to address substance use disorder.
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.
U.S. Smokers Face a Maze of Conflicting Nicotine Risk Messages
Doctors Must Explain How Switching From Cigarettes May Lower Health Risks
Addiction Consults Improve Substance Use Care Without More Readmissions or Longer Stays
LDI Fellows’ Study Backs Hospital Addiction Care Model, Although Financial Gains Remain Unproven
Heat-Related Deaths May Be Far Higher Than Reported
Chart of the Day: U.S. Misses Heat Deaths That Occur Outside Work, LDI Fellows Say
Penn’s Mark Pauly Calls on States to Revive Hospital Competition to Control Costs
New Study Finds Many Local Markets Could Support More Competing Hospitals
Reaching Across the Aisle to Lower Health Care Costs
Two Health Policy Experts Find Bipartisan Consensus in Site Neutral Payments, Controlling Medicare Costs
Military Surgeons Saw More Readmissions After Returning From Deployment
Leaves May Decay Doctors’ Skills, so Hospitals Need a Plan for Reentry, LDI Expert 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.
Jagadeesh Puvvula, PhD, PharmD
- Postdoctoral Researcher , Perelman School of Medicine
Dolores Albarracín, PhD
- Professor, Psychology , School of Arts and Sciences
- Professor, Health Care Management & Policy , Wharton School
Shengao Yi
- PhD Student, City and Regional Planning , Weitzman School of Design
Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics , Perelman School of Medicine
Suzanne Tham, MSW
- PhD Student , School of Social Policy & Practice
Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD, MSPH
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Kristin Linn, PhD
- Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Ankita Shashikant Bhosale, BDS, MPH
- Assistant Professor, School of Dental Medicine , Penn Dental Medicine