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
Health Care Access & Coverage
In-Person Event
2024 Penn Alumni Weekend Panel Discussion
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Cutting-Edge Approaches from Rising Scholars
Open to Penn affiliates
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
In Their Own Words
Health Care Access & Coverage
What Nurses Really Need is Better Staffing
The Common Strategies to Raise Nurse Morale Need an Update
In Their Own Words
Health Care Access & Coverage
Bipartisan Support Grows To Solve One of Health Care’s Biggest Problems
Dually Eligible Americans on Medicare and Medicaid Are Getting the Attention They Deserve
News
Improving Care for Older Adults
Photo Report from the Population Aging Research Center 2024 Retreat
Defining the Health and Health Care Problems and Prospects of Aging Americans
News
Improving Care for Older Adults
The Population Health Calamity Evidenced in U.S. Life Expectancy Statistics
And What it Portends for Aging Adult Health in the Coming Decades
Blog Post
Health Equity
Parents Want Providers to Log Their Children’s Social Needs but with Transparency and Respect
Parents Also Fear Disclosing Social Needs Will Lead to Child Welfare Referrals, a Study by LDI Fellows Finds
News | Video
Health Equity
Penn Study in Navajo Nation Boosts Guideline Heart Failure Drug Uptake by 53%
LDI Senior Fellow Lauren Eberly Leads Team in New Mexico
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.
Sharon Y. Irving, PhD
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
David Mandell, ScD
- Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Gregory Shea, PhD, MSc
- Adjunct Professor, Management, Wharton School
- President, Shea & Associates
Gary Weissman, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Lily Brown, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
- Director, Center for The Treatment and Study of Anxiety , Perelman School of Medicine
Kimberly Arnold, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine
Stephanie Mayne, PhD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Ali Hamedani, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Neurology, 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