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.
How Race Distorts One Area of Health Care: The Problem of Race-Specific Tests in Lung Care
Using Different Baseline Lung Function for Black and White Patients Leads to Lower Rates of Diagnosis in Black Patients
Chart of the Day: An Online Education Platform Reduced Pregnancy-Related Anxiety
Study Finds Lower Worry Around Body Image, Delivery, and More for Low-Income, High-Risk Patients
Community Health Workers’ Role Grows With Evidence That They Improve Care and Equity
Benefits Include More Access to Care and Lower Costs, but Funding is Limited
Ending UNOS’s Monopoly Over the U.S. Organ Transplant System
First-Ever Change Aims to Improve Efficiency, Survival, and Equity — But LDI Experts Advise Caution
What Patient-To-Nurse Ratios Mean for Hospital Patient Health and Outcomes
Pennsylvania Legislature Pushed to Take Up Patient Safety Issue It Has Long Avoided
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.
Michael Stawnychy, MSN, CRNP
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar, Nursing, Penn Nursing
Laura Starbird, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Sandra (Sandi) Amaral, MD, MHS
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Marion Leary, MPH, RN
- PhD Student, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Penn Nursing
Andrew M. Becker, MD, MPH
- Resident, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine
Ari Friedman, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
Eric Bradlow, PhD
- K.P. Chao Professor, Marketing, Statistics, Economics, and Education, Wharton School
- Chairperson, Marketing, Wharton School