FEATURE STORIES

Penn LDI Senior Fellows Win Top AcademyHealth Awards

At the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Atheendar Venkataramani received the Health Services Research Impact Award, and M. Kit Delgado was honored with the Publication of the Year Award, with Anna Morgan, David Asch, and many other Fellows.

Medicare Payment Policies and Hospital Treatment Decisions 

Guy David and Liisa Laine found that when hospital reimbursement is adjusted downward, physicians are less likely to perform minimally invasive procedures.

Positive Neighborhood Social Perceptions Linked to Lower Parental Stress

Stephanie Mayne and colleagues found that higher perceived neighborhood safety and collective efficacy were associated with lower stress scores in caregivers of young children.

Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Mortality 

Research by Emily Ko revealed that Black women with endometrial cancer have an increased risk of death compared to white women, regardless of the stage and type of cancer.

Medicare Advantage and End-of-Life Care 

A study by Norma Coe and colleagues shows that Medicare Advantage enrollees are less likely to have the hospital as the site of death and more likely to use hospice.

VIRTUAL SEMINAR RECAP

Policymaking, Politics, and Health Equity

During the annual Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood spoke about Roe v. Wade, maternal mortality, the need for researchers to engage in the policymaking process, and more. 

IN THE MEDIA

“What Research Tells Us About the Aftershocks of School Shootings.” Rinad Beidas. CNN

“The Kids Are Not All Right — Copycat Cannabis Edibles Risk Their Safety.” Andy Tan. The Hill

“What Gun Violence Does to Our Mental Health.” Aditi Vasan. The New York Times

“Monkeypox is Recapitulating the Stigma and Structural Inequity of HIV, Ebola, and Other Diseases.” Vinay Kampalath. STAT

“How COVID is Helping Us Move Away From White-Centered Clinical Trials To Reach More Patients.” Carmen Guerra. The Philadelphia Inquirer

PUBLICATIONS

“Association of Extreme Heat With All-Cause Mortality in the Contiguous U.S., 2008-2017.” Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Rachel M. Werner, Peter W. Groeneveld. JAMA Network Open

“Algorithms Identifying Low Acuity Emergency Department Visits: A Review and Validation Study.” Angela T. Chen, Madhavi Muralidharan, Ari B. Friedman. Health Services Research

“Making Value-Based Payment Work for Federally Qualified Health Centers: Toward Equity in the Safety Net.” Amol S. Navathe, Pooja Chandrashekar, Christopher Chen. JAMA Network

“Insomnia Symptoms Among Hospice Family Caregivers: Prevalence and Association with Caregiver Mental and Physical Health, Quality of Life, and Caregiver Burden.” Lauren T. Starr, Karla Washington, Miranda V. McPhillips, Kyle Pritzer, George Demiris et al. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

“Paying for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.” Ravi B. Parikh, Lorens A. Helmchen. NPJ Digital Medicine

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