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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.
State-Level Flavored Tobacco Bans: Are They Working in Youth?
LDI Fellow Recommends Coupling Bans With Price Increases, Cessation Support to Meaningfully Reduce Youth Use
Global Nursing Shortage Requires Better Workplaces, Not Just More Nurses
Penn-led Symposium: Magnet4Europe Hospitals Improved Retention, Safety, and Quality by Giving Nurses a Greater Voice in Care Delivery
The Battle to Turn Consumers Into Effective Health Care Shoppers
LDI Virtual Seminar Explores Whether We’re Winning or Losing and What That Means
Could Virtual Coaching Make Caregivers Healthier?
Penn Group Finds Virtual Program May Cut Hospital Stays and Save Money
Higher Overdose Risk and Less Care for People with Autism and Substance Use Disorder
First National Study Comparing SUD Outcomes by Autism Status Finds Stark Disparities
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Research Seminar with Stephen T. Parente, PhD, MPH
Unlocking the Promise of Health Care Price Transparency: Evidence, Challenges, and New Opportunities
Open to Penn Affiliates
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.
Kimberley Lee, MD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Medicine/Division of Hematology/Oncology , Perelman School of Medicine
Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD
- Associate Professor, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Meghan Galligan, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kathryn Connell, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Dilara Hatipoglu, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Perelman School of Medicine
Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH
- Professor, Emergency Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
- Director, Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research , Perelman School of Medicine
Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD, MSPH
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Charles Kahn, Jr., MD, MS
- Professor and Vice Chair, Radiology , 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
$179M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
12,100+
Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI