Solving the Nursing Shortage Means Supporting Care Workers
After Her Daughter’s Death, LDI Fellow Calls for Stronger Care Worker Training and Standards
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.
When Higher Minimum Wages Don’t Mean Higher Incomes
New Research Finds Wage Increases Can Reduce Work Hours and Income for Some Women and Affect Infant Health
Menopause Care is Growing, but Access Remains Unequal
Insurance May Shape Who Gets the Best Menopause Treatment
Seven Things to Know About the FDA’s One-Trial Approach to Drug Approval
It Could Speed Drug Approvals but Also Make It Harder to Know if a Drug Works, Penn LDI Fellows Say
45 Excess Child Deaths a Day in the U.S.
Half-Century Study Finds U.S. Trailing 13 Healthier OECD Nations
LDI Fellow Courtney Schreiber Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Cited for Exemplary Leadership and Transformative Research
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
Book Talk with Helen Redmond, LCSW
Liquid Handcuffs: Policing and Punishment in Methadone Clinics and the Future of Opioid Addiction Treatment
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.
Sarita Sonalkar, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology , Perelman School of Medicine
Jamie Benson
- PhD Student, Epidemiology & Biostatistics , Perelman School of Medicine
Michelle Heredia, BSN, RN
- PhD Student, Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research , Penn Nursing
Abby Alpert, PhD
- Associate Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Anand Shah, MD, MPH
- Chief Executive Officer, Aster Insights
Eda Algur
- MD Student , Perelman School of Medicine
- PhD Student, Healthcare Management and Economics , Wharton School
John Hershey, PhD
- Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus, Operations and Information Management , Wharton School
- Former Executive Director , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Hans-Peter Kohler, PhD
- Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography , School of Arts and Sciences
- Co-Director, Population Aging and Research Center (PARC)
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.
