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.
Positive Neighborhood Social Perceptions Linked To Lower Parental Stress
Factors That Reduce Stress May Improve Health for Both Parents and Children
Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Mortality
Black Women Dying More Often From Early-Stage Cancers
Digital Medicine 2.0 – The Questions and Daunting Challenges of Expedient Clinical Use
Penn LDI Panel Discusses Major Digital Health Tool Issues
Photos from the Inaugural Sandy Schwartz Memorial Grand Rounds
Going Forward, the Annual Event Will Focus on Young Investigators
How Do Resources for Nurses in Maternity Units Vary?
Notable Differences Found in Staffing Across the U.S.
What Can Pennsylvania Learn from the Opioid Epidemic?
Penn LDI Senior Fellow and Emergency Medicine Physician Testifies at House Health Committee Hearing
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.
Jeremy Etzkorn, MD, MS
- Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine
Brian VanderBeek, MD, MPH, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine
Ariel Nehemiah, MD, MS
- Resident, General Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Karen Lasater, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Penn Nursing
James Guevara, MD, MPH
- Professor, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Professor, Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Jason Han, MD
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, Cardiac Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Kent Smetters, PhD
- Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School
- Professor, Applied Math and Computational Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Charlotte Woods-Hill, MD
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine