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
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.
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
Penn Study in Navajo Nation Boosts Guideline Heart Failure Drug Uptake by 53%
LDI Senior Fellow Lauren Eberly Leads Team in New Mexico
Growing Health Worker Migration to the U.S. and U.K. Raises Fairness and Training Issues
The U.S. Needs to Help Fix Migration’s Root Causes and Build Better Training Systems
Health Care Algorithms Can Improve or Worsen Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Users Need To Understand Existing Disparities and Why Race Can Be Imprecise
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
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.
Sara Jacoby, PhD, MSN
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
- Associate Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Ari Friedman, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Mark Pauly, PhD
- Bendheim Professor Emeritus, Health Care Management, Wharton School
- Professor, Economics, School of Arts and Sciences
Nicole Conover, MSN
- PhD Student, Nursing, Penn Nursing
Polina Krass, MD, MSHP
- Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Amanda Bettencourt, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing
Daniel Zheng, MD, MHS
- Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program, Perelman School of Medicine
Kristin Linn, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, 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