Scott Halpern and Paula Chatterjee Win American College of Physicians Awards
Cited for Excellence and Outstanding Achievement
Our Mission
We connect researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania with a common mission: to improve health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
Featured Research Updates
LDI generates critical evidence to improve U.S. health care delivery, patient care, and health policy.
A Physician-Researcher Cites the Power of Storytelling in STEM
How Community Engagement and Personal Narratives Can Bring Science to Life and Foster Trust
Tests Can Now Predict Disease Like Alzheimer’s. What Can Go Wrong?
U.S. Laws Leave Gaps That May Cost People Jobs, Health Insurance, and Privacy
What Would It Take to Make Clinical Trials More Diverse?
Penn LDI Researchers Tested a Simple Approach to a Long-Standing Problem
Jaya Aysola’s Remarks from UN Panel on Health Care for the Disabled
LDI Senior Fellow Calls for a Major Upgrade in Best Practices
States Weigh in on Trump Administration’s Medicaid Fraud Push
LDI/Tradeoffs Virtual Seminar Explores the New Federal Actions and Why Fraud is Hard to Measure
Upcoming Events
Hybrid Event
Health Policy Research Seminar with Daniel Ollendorf, PhD, MPH
At the Intersection of Access and Affordability: A Brief, Tortured History of Health Technology Assessment and the Current Role of ICER
Hybrid Event
The Unfinished Business of Reforming the FDA’s Accelerated Approval Pathway
A Conversation with Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD, Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, and Dan Ollendorf, PhD, MPH, moderated by Emily Largent, PhD, RN
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.
Mario DeMarco, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health , Perelman School of Medicine
Atul Gupta, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Andrea Apter, MD, MA
- Professor Emerita, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Adriana Perez, PhD
- Associate Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Harald Schmidt, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Dilara Hatipoglu, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Perelman School of Medicine
Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
- Director, Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor , Perelman School of Medicine
Olivia Mitchell, PhD
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor , Wharton School
- Professor, Business Economics and Public Policy , 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
$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
12,100+
Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI
Our Impact
Penn LDI’s success stems from creating multidisciplinary solutions to our nation’s most pressing health care problems. Explore 20 stories about the transformative power of our institute.
