Health care Management Executive Education

Degree and Post Doctoral Programs | SUMR | Executive Education

As a research institute, LDI does not confer degrees. It achieves its educational mission by working collaboratively with related degree and postdoctoral programs. These programs include the following:
Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Health Care Systems Department
Masters and Doctoral Programs in Nursing Administration
Masters of Science Program in Health Policy Research
National Research Service Award Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at University of Pennsylvania
The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania
VA Associated Health Professions Postdoctoral Training Program in Health Services Research

Center for Mental Health Policy & Services Research: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Director: Aileen Rothbard, ScD
This program offers one- and two-year post-doctoral research fellowships. The program provides an excellent opportunity for social scientists to improve their knowledge of mental health systems and gain experience in applying qualitative and quantitative research methods to the evaluation of mental health systems.

Health Care Systems Department, The Wharton School
Chair: Patricia M. Danzon, PhD
Associate Director: June M. Kinney
The Health Care Systems Department offers an MBA in health care management and a Ph.D. in health care management and economics. Through its research grants and several fellowships, LDI supports the training of clinicians and other department's doctoral candidates.

Master's and Doctoral Programs in Nursing Administration, School of Nursing
Director: Cynthia C. Scalzi, PhD
A joint endeavor of Penn's Nursing and Wharton Schools, several programs prepare students for leadership roles in teaching, research, and clinical practice by providing a foundation in nursing science, management, and research methodology.

Masters of Science Program in Health Policy Research, School of Medicine University of Pennsylvainia
Director: Katrina Armstrong, MD
The Master of Science in Health Policy Research Program at Penn is a two year, masters-level multidisciplinary training program designed to prepare graduates for health services research and health policy research careers in academic, government, community, and industry settings.

National Research Service Award Program, The Wharton School
Co-Directors: Patricia M. Danzon, PhD and Sankey Williams, MD, MBA
This federally funded program supports the training of physicians, dentists, and other doctoral candidates in the principles of health services research through the Health Care Systems Department's PhD program. Rigorous interdisciplinary training in health services research prepares students for teaching and research careers in academia, research organizations, and government. The fellowship includes participation in research grants through LDI.

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Directors: Katrina Armstrong, MD and Josh Metlay, MD
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Penn offers a two-three year, masters-level interdisciplinary training program designed to provide Scholars will skills to improve health and healthcare in community settings.

Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Directors: David Asch, MD and Robert Aronowitz, MD

VA Associated Health Professions Postdoctoral Training Program in Health Services Research
Co-Directors: David A. Asch, MD and Mark V. Pauly, PhD
Two postdoctoral fellows are supported for two years at a time for training in health services research. Fellows develop new skills in a mentored setting through leadership of research projects of their own design and participation in the research of more seasoned investigators.


LDI, along with Health Care Systems Department of the Wharton School, is working to attract the next generation of health services researchers through the Summer Undergraduate Minority Research Program (SUMR). The goal of the program is to inform undergraduate minority students about the field of health services research, as well as other undergraduates interested in health care, and interest them in the Doctoral Program in Health Care Management and Economics. For more information go to SUMR.

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