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Evidence-Driven Approaches to Preventing Firearm Deaths
A Conversation with Andrew Morral, PhD, Joseph Richardson, Jr., PhD, and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, PhD, MD, MPH, moderated by Therese Richmond, PhD, MSN
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
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Exploring the Policies That Are Closing Rural Hospitals
A Penn LDI Virtual Seminar Looks at Trends Driving the Crisis
4 Ways Health Officials Can Communicate Better in the Next Pandemic
COVID-19’s Key Challenges Provide Insight for Future Outbreaks
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
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.
David Abrams, PhD, MS
- Professor, Law, Carey Law School
- Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School
Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP
- Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
- Assistant Dean for Community Engagement, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Jason Karlawish, MD
- Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Krisda Chaiyachati, MD, MPH
- Physician Lead for Value-Based Care and Innovation, Verily Life Sciences
Jasmine Hwang, MD, MS
- General Surgery Resident, Perelman School of Medicine
- MSHP Student, Concentration in Healthcare Quality and Safety, Perelman School of Medicine
Vinayak Ahluwalia
- MD/MSHP Student, Perelman School of Medicine
James Lewis, MD, MSCE
- Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine
Juan Pablo Atal, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Economics, School of Arts and Sciences
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