In-Person Event
Research Seminar with Gopi Shah Goda, PhD
Insurance Against Health Shocks in the Tax Code: Eligibility and Take-Up
Open to Penn Affiliates
Our Mission
Penn LDI is dedicated to improving health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
What We Do
As Penn’s hub for health care delivery, health policy, and population health, we connect and amplify over 500 Fellows across the University, and train the next generation of researchers.
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Evidence-Driven Approaches to Preventing Firearm Deaths
A Conversation with Andrew Morral, PhD, Jo Richardson, PhD, and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, PhD, MD, MPH, moderated by Therese Richmond, PhD, MSN
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Future Bundled Payment Models Need To Engage Physician Group Practices
Looking Forward, LDI Fellows Offer Their Perspectives and Expertise
Fixing Medicare’s Problem of Inadequately Coordinated Care
Penn LDI’s Amol Navathe Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Medicaid’s New Policy Boosts Street Medicine in the U.S.
But More Funding and Better Rules Are Needed to Help People Who Are Addicted or Homeless, LDI Experts Say
7 Ways to Improve an Already Effective Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorder
New Commentary Suggests Ways to Make Contingency Management More Effective For Drugs Like Cocaine and Methamphetamine
Why Health Privacy Online Is a Myth
Google Knows More About Your Health Than Your Mom, LDI Experts Explain. And Here’s What Can Be Done About It
How Can We Improve Telemedicine for Patients with Gynecologic Cancer?
Fewer Than 30% of Patients Used Telehealth Even During the Pandemic
Our Experts
Our 500+ Fellows are national experts and thought leaders who bridge all of Penn’s schools, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Konrad Kording, PhD
- PIK University Professor, Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine
Qi Long, PhD
- Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Tuhina Srivastava, PhD, MPH
- Instructor, Master of Public Health Program, Perelman School of Medicine
- Research Scientist, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington
Courtney Lee, MD, MPH
- Fellow, General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
- Student, Master of Science in Health Policy Research, Perelman School of Medicine
Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
- Pediatric Hospitalist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael O’Byrne, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Christopher Bonafide, MD, MSCE
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Erin Aakhus, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
Fast Facts
$142 Million
In Research Grants Given Annually to Senior Fellows
141,957
Senior Fellow Journal Citations in 2018–2022
9,721
Articles Published by Senior Fellows in 2022