#AdvocacyinAction Alumna Alice Abernathy and @pennldi.bsky.social colleagues discuss the latest reproductive rights developments three years after Dobbs. Check out the panel recap below!

New research by second years Rachael Acker and Jasmine Hwang and alumna Sara Ginzberg assess operative treatment for acute cholecystitis in older patients with multimorbidity. Read more below!

Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) can help prevent firearm-related harm — but what’s a clinician’s ethical role? This powerful piece written by 2nd yr @vivekashok.bsky.social lays out a clear, compassionate path forward. Definitely a must-read! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Excited for our #PAS2025 Sun AM poster with prelim data from the IGNITE trial showing how Philly communities center children when thinking about the environment and finances! cdmcd.co/3RBBd5 @pematchop.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social @penn-mshp.bsky.social @policylabchop.bsky.social

Proud moment! Our 1st yr fellow, Joseph Kern, gave an oral presentation at the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) Annual Meeting in NYC earlier this month. He’s doing powerful work to understand how we can prevent violence in vulnerable communities. 👏 #ScholarHighlights

#ScholarHighlight Current student Kristan Scott and mentor Heather Burris analyze the relationship between pre-term births and postpartum care, highlighting the potential benefits of integrating postpartum care into neonatal intensive care units. Read more below!

#InstructorSpotlight Check out this new article from Paula Chatterjee, our stellar instructor for Introduction to Health Services Research!

Current student Vinny Ahluwalia leads research to provide a preliminary framework for deploying AI models in primary care-based cancer screenings, with critical implications for governance and reimbursement in the age of AI. Read more here! doi.org/10.1177/2381...

Our amazing health policy research electives are now available for Summer 2025 registration on Path@Penn! With topics ranging from health disparities research to strategic leadership and clinical artificial intelligence, you will not want to miss out!

Learn more about this work by LDI Fellows Alice Abernathy, Sindhu Srinivas, Courtney Schreiber, and colleagues here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39932801/

Check out this recent article from MSHP alum @mihirkakara.bsky.social and colleagues, also featured in @pennldi.bsky.social ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

Check out this research on alcohol guidelines by MSHP scholar Luis Seija!

Their study results show that the proportion of positive reviews declined significantly post-COVID-19, with the sharpest drops occurring in rural areas. Learn more in our Q&A with the study authors, where we unpack their methods, results, and policy implications. ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

Opioid disposal kits may offer an inexpensive and effective way to impact public safety by reducing excess opioids in the community, a new study by LDI Fellows Zarina Ali, Daniel Lee, @kitdelgado.bsky.social, and Anish Agarwal finds. Read more at our new Q&A here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

In a new blog for @pennldi.bsky.social, alumni Diana Montoya Williams and colleagues highlight the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, including higher costs for the treatment of critically ill children and less access to surgery in pregnancies affected by a congenital anomaly.

MSHP alum and mentor @elinorejkaufman.bsky.social and colleagues explore associations between Medicaid enrollment and trauma care, bringing attention to processing delays that could contribute to delayed discharge and unnecessary hospital days. Read more here! journals.lww.com/jtrauma/full...

#ScholarHighlights Exciting new research alert! Check out Nic Muñoz’s latest publication examining how CFTR modulators are reshaping the landscape of organ transplantation for patients w/cystic fibrosis. Read more here: journals.lww.com/lt/fulltext/...

New nursing home staffing rules will save 13k lives a year, yet the industry now wants to kill these rules before they take effect. Here’s why our elderly parents deserve better. Read the @nytimes.com oped by @rachelwerner.bsky.social and Norma Coe⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

NCSP alum (c/o 24) and current senior @pennldi.bsky.social fellow Jane is the 1st author of a study in Nursing Outlook which underscores how hospital investments in nursing resources may help reduce disparities in patients with limited English proficiency. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Primary care saves lives, but access gaps persist. How do we fix them? Join @nihcm.bsky.social’s Feb 25 webinar with Dr. Amol Navathe to explore solutions. 📅 Sign up now: nihcm.org/events/the-f...

In a recent op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer, alumna Anireddy Reddy, MD, MSHP, analyzed pediatric firearm injury data and found that teens living in low-opportunity neighborhoods were two and a half times more likely to sustain a gun injury. Read more here: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Second year MedPeds scholar, @vivekashok.bsky.social, was recently interviewed by WHYY News! He emphasized that stable funding of violence prevention programs "would expand services, treat more patients, prevent reinjury, and improve community health." #AdvocacyinAction whyy.org/articles/med...

#ScholarHighlights Kaustav Shah, MD, a first-year scholar, is a co-investigator on a groundbreaking study using large language models (LLMs) to improve provider handoffs, reducing documentation burden and enhancing care. Learn more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

Congratulations to MSHP Director, Marilyn Schapira, for receiving the 2024 Perelman School of Medicine’s Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award! Her leadership and mentorship bring so much to our program and we are proud that she has received this recognition!

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