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Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
A Hidden Threat After Cancer: Food Insecurity and Early Death
Food-Insecure Cancer Survivors Live Shorter Lives, Especially if They Can’t Use Federal Programs Like SNAP
Policy Recommendations for Strengthening the Accelerated Approval Program for Oncology Drugs
Memo: Delivered to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Over 500 U.S. Hospitals Have Stopped Delivering Babies Since 2010
A Crisis in Maternal Care is Unfolding—and it’s Hitting Rural and Urban Communities Alike
Pennsylvania’s Big Plan to Save Rural Hospitals Gets Mixed Reviews
Stable Payments Improved Margins But Not Liquidity, New LDI Analysis Finds
Penn Nursing’s Jane Muir Wins 2025 Emergency Nurses Association Award
LDI Senior Fellow Cited for “Significant Contributions” in Research
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Health and Politics in the Aftermath of COVID-19
A Conversation with Frances Lee, PhD, and Paul Offit, MD, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
Virtual Event
Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America
A Conversation with Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, Katie Bishop Kendrick, MPH, and Christina Roberto, PhD, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
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.
Karli Breeden, MD
- Clinical Fellow , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Shengao Yi
- PhD Student, City and Regional Planning , Weitzman School of Design
Gary Bass, MD, MSc
- Assistant Professor, Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Daniel Herman, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, CRNP
- Professor, Geropsychiatric Nursing , Penn Nursing
- Ralston House Term Chair, Gerontological Nursing , Penn Nursing
Emily Vail, MD, MSc
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
Gabrielle Zuckerman
- PhD Student, Epidemiology , Perelman School of Medicine
Claudio Lucarelli, PhD
- Associate Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
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.
Fast Facts
$160M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
11,300+
Journal Articles Published (2020–2024)
$400K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI