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, Joseph Richardson, Jr., 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.
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
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
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.
Frances Barg, PhD
- Professor Emeritus, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences
Connie Ulrich, PhD, RN
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Penn Nursing
- Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Claire Erickson, PhD, MPA
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Frank Leone, MD, MS
- Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Ashish Thakrar, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS
- Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Computer and Information Science, Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Helena Addison, MSN, RN
- PhD Student, Penn Nursing
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