New Index Reveals Unequal Access to 40 Common Hospital Procedures
From Skin Grafts to Cesareans, a New Tool Measures Regional Availability of Surgeries to Help Decision Makers Track the Impact of Policies to Increase Equitable Access
Research & Policy Updates
Penn LDI Receives $3.5 Million Gift from the Son of Its Founding Benefactor
New Funds Will Expand SUMR Program and Broaden Research Initiatives Aimed at Increasing Health Care Access
Most Child Gun Injuries And Deaths Occur in the Same Low-Opportunity Areas in Philly
More Investment in Opportunity Is Key, LDI Fellow Writes. Delays Put More Children And Teens At Risk Daily
Kit Delgado Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
One of Only a Few Emergency Physicians Ever Inducted into ASCI
5 Takeaways from the Evidence on Sweetened Beverage Taxes
Sweetened Drink Sales and Even Weight Fell in Places That Adopted Taxes, Research Shows
Can Mandatory Value-Based Payment Models Improve Health Equity?
LDI Fellows Find the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Narrowed Disparities in Complications for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
Catherine McDonald and Andy Tan Win Presidential PECASE Awards
Highest Federal Honor for Science and Engineering Professionals
A Preterm Birth Study by LDI Fellows Supports Newly Instituted Changes to Racial and Ethnic Categorizations by a Key U.S. Agency
The Changes Aim to Better Capture Peoples’ True Identities on Birth Certificates
LDI Senior Fellow Andy Tan Seeks to Undo the Damage the Tobacco Industry Causes in the LGBTQ+ Community
Using Messages Tailored for LGBTQ+ People Who Smoke, Tan and Colleagues Aim to Reduce Their Tobacco Use
Sindhu Srinivas Named Executive Director of HUP-Cedar Ave
A Public Health Campus Changing the Way Health Care is Delivered in Underserved Communities
Lauren Eberly to Receive 2025 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award
Cited for Her Heart Failure Research Among Indigenous Populations
We Need to Understand Dobbs’ Impacts on Abortions – But Can Existing Data Help?
Challenges and Opportunities to Using Insurance Data to Analyze Abortion Care