Focus Areas

COVID-19

COVID-19

Supporting research related to the pandemic and its long-term health and economic implications.

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.

Cynthia Connolly

Cynthia Connolly, PhD, RN, PNP

  • Rosemarie B. Greco Term Endowed Professorship in Advocacy, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
  • Associate Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, Penn Nursing
Eileen Lake

Eileen Lake, PhD, RN

  • Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology, Penn Nursing
  • Professor, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences