Contradictions That Confuse Federal Food Policies
Announcing Bold New Goals While Crippling the Infrastructure Needed to Achieve Them
Population Health
Focusing on how societal events, structural forces, and policies influence the health of populations.
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Research Updates
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes
Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
Black Life Expectancy Shows Sharp Geographic Divide: Cities Gained, While Midwest and Rural Areas Fell Back
From 1990 to 2019, Black Life Expectancy Rose Most in Major Metros and the Northeast—but Gains Stalled or Reversed in Rural Areas and the Midwest, Especially for Younger Adults
The Gaps in What We Know and Don’t Know About the COVID Pandemic
A Penn LDI Seminar Focuses on Why They’re Important for the Future
Why RFK Jr.’s Public Health Agenda Threatens Us All
Former Philadelphia Health Commissioner Warns That Gutting the CDC, Undermining Vaccines, and Politicizing Science Will Leave the U.S. Dangerously Unprepared for the Next Pandemic
New Parents Put Infants’ Health First, While Their Own Suffers
Rural Parents Had More Emergency Visits and Insurance Loss Than Urban Peers, an LDI Study Shows. Integrated Baby Visits Could Help All Parents Be Healthier
U.S. Children Are Suffering: A Generation Grows Up Sicker, Sadder, and Dying Sooner
From Anxiety and Loneliness to Obesity and Gun Deaths, a Sweeping New Study Uncovers a Devastating Decline in the Health and Well-Being of U.S. Children
Pennsylvania’s Cannabis Wave Is Already Here — And Our Mental Health System Isn’t Ready
Before Lawmakers Do Full Legalization, We Must Face the Reality: High-Potency Marijuana Already Harms Kids and Adults Alike
Policy Talk Isn’t Cheap; It Can Affect Your Health
Just Discussing Punitive or Supportive Policies—Even Before They’re Enacted—Can Impact Physical and Mental Health, Especially for Marginalized Groups, LDI Fellow Says
Whitley Aamodt, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Neurology , Perelman School of Medicine
Linda Aiken, PhD, RN
- Claire Fagin Leadership Professor , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Sociology , School of Arts and Sciences
April Ancheta, PhD, RN
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
George Anesi, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Robert A. Aronowitz, MD
- Professor and Chair, History and Sociology of Science , School of Arts and Sciences
- Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor, Social Sciences , School of Arts and Sciences
Carolyn H. Asbury, ScMPH, PhD
- Former Senior Consultant, The Dana Foundation
Frances Barg, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor Emeritus, Anthropology , School of Arts and Sciences
Vince Bediako
- PhD Student, The Graduate Group in Demography , School of Arts and Sciences
- MA, Statistics and Data Science , Wharton School