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Research & Policy Updates

In Their Own Words

Health Equity

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

By:
  • Anireddy Reddy, MD, MSHP
January 27, 2025

News

Population Health

Kit Delgado Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

One of Only a Few Emergency Physicians Ever Inducted into ASCI

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 27, 2025

Blog Post

Population Health

5 Takeaways from the Evidence on Sweetened Beverage Taxes

Sweetened Drink Sales and Even Weight Fell in Places That Adopted Taxes, Research Shows

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
January 24, 2025
Clinician examining a person's knee.

Blog Post

Health Equity

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

By:
  • Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP
January 24, 2025

News

Population Health

Catherine McDonald and Andy Tan Win Presidential PECASE Awards

Highest Federal Honor for Science and Engineering Professionals

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 23, 2025

Blog Post

Health Equity

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  

By:
  • Kayla Holloway
January 22, 2025

Blog Post

Population Health

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

By:
  • Nancy Stedman
January 22, 2025

News

Health Equity

Sindhu Srinivas Named Executive Director of HUP-Cedar Ave

A Public Health Campus Changing the Way Health Care is Delivered in Underserved Communities

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 21, 2025

News

Health Equity

Lauren Eberly to Receive 2025 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award

Cited for Her Heart Failure Research Among Indigenous Populations

By:
  • Hoag Levins
January 16, 2025

Blog Post

We Need to Understand Dobbs’ Impacts on Abortions – But Can Existing Data Help?

Challenges and Opportunities to Using Insurance Data to Analyze Abortion Care

By:
  • Alice Abernathy, MD, MSHP
January 16, 2025

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Chart of the Day: More U.S. Patients Use Acupuncture for Low Back Pain, But it Remains Rare

Penn LDI Study Examines Insurance Claims to Learn More about Patients Who Get Acupuncture

By:
  • Christine Weeks
January 15, 2025

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Congress Extends More Telehealth Care Just Before the 2024 Holidays

But Many Services Were Only Extended Until March 2025

By:
  • Liz Seegert
January 14, 2025

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