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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.
Sepsis Patients Get Lost After Hospital Discharge, LDI Fellows Say
But Hospitals Can Find Them and Give Better Follow-Up Care With Digital Tools
Six Things to Know About Cash Transfer Programs and Children’s Health
Cash Alone Isn’t Enough. Here’s What Research Says Families Need
First Responders Face Hidden Brain Injury Risks, Penn LDI Review Finds
Police, Firefighters, and EMTs Suffer More Injuries and Face Care Gaps, LDI Fellow Says
When Hospitals Get Busier, Black Patients Face Higher Death Risk
Distributing Patients Across Hospitals Might Help Close the Racial Gap
$25 Nearly Doubled Black and Hispanic Clinical Trial Enrollment
LDI and CHIBE Fellows Find Small Cash Incentives May Help Close Gaps in Heart Research
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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.
Lindsey Fernandez, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering , School of Engineering and Applied Science
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
Vincent Reina, PhD, MBA
- Professor, City and Regional Planning , Weitzman School of Design
Domenique Villani, MPH, RN
- PhD Student, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research , Penn Nursing
David A. Asch, MD, MBA
- Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
- John Morgan Professor, Medicine and Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Sarah Landau, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Department of Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Emmanuel Aryee, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Hematology/Oncology , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Student, Master of Science in Health Policy Research , Perelman School of Medicine
Jessica Abene, BSN, RN
- PhD Student, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
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.
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Awarded in External Grant Funding
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Journal Articles Published (2021–2025)
$622K+
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