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.
Traditional Navajo Foods Reduced Hospitalizations in Heart Failure Trial
First Randomized Study Found Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
How the U.S. Can Regulate AI Without Stifling Health Care Innovation
Licensing Clinical AI Can Protect Patients and Speed Adoption, LDI Experts Say
Trump’s Executive Order Gives Psychedelic Therapy a Boost
LDI Experts Welcome New Momentum but Warn Key Evidence and Oversight Gaps Remain
Smartphone Check-Ins May Outperform Weekly Therapy Sessions in Predicting Suicide Risk
Study Used an Ecological Momentary Assessment Method to Monitor Veterans and Active Duty Personnel
The Role of AI in Dementia Care
LDI Expert Explores Its Promise but Urges Caution in STAT News Column
Addressing Medical Affordability Without Compromising Care
LDI Expert: Standardize, Digitize Billing to Cut Administrative Costs
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.
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
- Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Epidemiology and Informatics , Perelman School of Medicine
Kyra O’Brien, MD
- Assistant Professor, Neurology , Perelman School of Medicine
David S. Abrams, PhD, MS
- William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics , Carey Law School
- Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy , Wharton School
Pinar Yildirim, PhD
- Associate Professor, Marketing , Wharton School
- Associate Professor, Economics , School of Arts and Sciences
Marissa King, PhD
- Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
- Professor, Management , Wharton School
Abby Alpert, PhD
- Associate Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Joseph Teel, MD
- Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine