LDI Senior Fellow appointment process

The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) was established in 1967 and is the center of the University of Pennsylvania's activities and programs in health services research, health policy, and health care management executive education. A formal cooperative venture among Penn's schools of medicine, business, nursing and dental medicine, LDI works to improve the health of the public through multidisciplinary studies on the medical, economic, social and ethical issues that influence how health care is organized, financed, managed and delivered. LDI represents one of the earliest efforts to promote collaborative scholarship in health care through formal partnerships with the same university among the clinical, management and social sciences.

LDI's mission is achieved through the scholarly efforts of its faculty and staff, and the programmatic resources available to the institute. Therefore, it is critical to define our membership base. Investigators (e.g., MDs and PhDs) with established or emerging track records in the field of health services research, or specialized training in a related field, are invited to apply to become Senior Fellows of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

Criteria for Adjunct Senior Fellow Appointment/Reappointment (1 year appointment):

Qualifying Activities/Requirements for Senior Fellows and Adjunct Senior Fellows

Serve as an investigator on a health services research and/or policy project with other LDI Senior Fellows.
Prepare a proposal for a health services research and/or policy project involving other LDI Senior Fellows.
Serve on an LDI committee.
Teach a course at Penn on health services research and/or policy.
Teach in LDI Advanced Education program.
Attend LDI Research Seminar Series.
Attend LDI Health Policy Seminar Series.
Present public testimony or talks on behalf of LDI.

2) Use LDI affiliation on all health services research-related manuscripts and presentations

3) Provide, at a minimum, annual updates on your health services research, policy, and educational activities, including publications, presentations, grants, etc.

Submit a letter specifying how you plan to fulfill 100 hours of qualifying activities for the next year.

Submit a description of how the requirements have been met since your last appointment renewal, if appropriate.

Pilot Projects Programs. Providing seed funding on a competitive basis to help Senior Fellows attract external support for large-scale studies.
Monthly senior fellow meetings/research seminars. Providing a fellowship forum in which news of health services research and policy grants, events, and opportunities are shared, and external researchers are brought in to present their research.
Health Policy Seminar Series. Providing a monthly, thematic fellowship forum bringing in top-level health policy experts.
LDI research task force work groups. Organization and staffing of research task forces to encourage collaborative research on major health services issues and trends.
Project networking and collaboration. Identification of and access to opportunities for collaboration with health services research faculty from other disciplines.
Research grant application services. Assistance in proposal writing and research, budget development, and related research support services. Charges vary depending on nature of service provided.
Policy and Research Program (PReP). Assistance in designing a dissemination strategy in order to make proposals more competitive and attractive to a broad array of funders. LDI provides text to insert into the research plan, resources and environment pages, and budget justification. The cost of PReP varies depending on LDI staff involvement and can be included as a direct cost in each proposal.
Project staff management and assistance. Provision and hiring of experienced project managers, programmers, and research assistants.
Public relations services. Assistance in promoting senior fellow expertise, published research and major activities to multiple audiences, including media, government leaders and the health care community.
Subscription to LDI Issue Brief, This Month at LDI, and electronic versions of America Healthline (upon request).
Poster Service. Print posters for conferences and symposiums.
Receive announcements on funding opportunities, external/internal conferences, and other events of interest to Penn's health services research community.

Those interested in applying to become LDI Senior Fellows should submit electronically a letter describing your research interests and activities, illustrating how you plan to meet the requirements of being an LDI senior fellow and a current CV to Joanne Levy, LDI's Deputy Director. Senior Fellow appointments will be decided by the LDI Executive Committee, reviewed periodically, and renewed as appropriate.