Medicare’s Hidden Fix for High Drug Costs
Medicare’s Payment Plan Can Ease Seniors’ Crushing Drug Costs but Medicare Buries it in the Fine Print
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
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Six Insights on Health Care Affordability From Penn LDI
LDI Fellows’ Research Quantifies the Effects of High Health Care Costs for Consumers and Shines Light on Several Drivers of High U.S. Health Care Costs
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities
Comment: Submitted to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Can AI Be Licensed the Way Doctors and Nurses Are?
A Licensure Model May Offer Safer Oversight as Clinical AI Grows More Complex, a Penn LDI Doctor Says
Venture Philanthropy Transformed Cystic Fibrosis. Can It Deliver for Other Diseases?
CF Foundation’s Landmark Drug Approvals With Vertex Inspired Patient Groups to Act Like Biotech Investors. But Only a Few Groups Have Made Big Bets, LDI Fellow Finds
Meaningful Representation in Clinical Trials Strengthens Science
Failure to Include Diverse Populations Undermines Innovation in the Age of Precision Medicine
Impact Report
Our commitment to driving positive change through transformative research powered a series of standout achievements in 2025. Explore how we turned evidence into action to shape smarter health policy.
Upcoming Events
Virtual Event
Making Secondary Data Work for You: Innovative Methods for Leveraging National Violent Death Data
A Conversation with Millan AbiNader, PhD, MSW, Laurie Graham, PhD, MSW, and Julie Kafka, PhD, MPH
Virtual Event
Keeping the Momentum: Moving Forward in the Opioid Epidemic
A Conversation with Jonathan Caulkins, PhD, Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, and Rachel Winograd, PhD, moderated by Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH
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.
Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
- Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Alexandra Maye, MSN, RN
- PhD Student, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research , Penn Nursing
Divya Pandey, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) , Perelman School of Medicine
Modupe Coker, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Dean, Clinical and Translational Research , Penn Dental Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Basic and Translational Sciences , Penn Dental Medicine
Neel Chokshi, MD, MBA
- Associate Professor, Medicine and Cardiology , Perelman School of Medicine
Arina Chesnokova, MD MPH
- Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Perelman School of Medicine
Eleanor Turi, PhD
- Research Associate, Department of Family & Community Health , Penn Nursing
Dovie Watson, MD, MSCE
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
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