COVID-19
Supporting research related to the pandemic and its long-term health and economic implications.
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 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.
A Virtual Care Program Given via Facebook Helped Parents with Postpartum Depression
Online Therapy Eased Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
More Research Needed on Climate Change’s Impact on Health and Health Care
A Penn LDI Virtual Seminar Looks Beyond the Immediate Disaster Headlines
It Takes the FDA 46 Months to Withdraw a Failed Drug with Accelerated Approval
Here’s How That Crucial Program Can Be Improved
Patients and Doctors Overlook the Best Hospitals for Cancer Care
Q&A with LDI Fellows on the Benefits of Choosing the Highest-Performing Hospitals
An Outdated Federal Law Bars Inmates from Medicaid After Release. A Recent Effort to Fix That Failed.
Why Plugging That Gap Would Save Lives and Money
Underfunded Public Health Systems Still a Concern as Pandemic Fades
Former Top Michigan Health Official Featured at Annual Penn LDI Charles C. Leighton Memorial Lecture
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.
Krzysztof Laudanski, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Stephen Miranda, MD
- Resident Physician, Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Lawton Robert Burns, PhD, MBA
- James Joo-Jin Kim Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
- Professor, Management, Wharton School
Scott Lorch, MD, MSCE
- Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Maria LoGrippo, PhD, RN
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Susan Keim, PhD, MSN
- Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership, Penn Nursing
- Director, Nursing & Healthcare Administration and Health Leadership, Penn Nursing
Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Linda Aiken, PhD, RN
- Claire Fagin Leadership Professor, Penn Nursing
- Professor, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences