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FEATURE STORIES

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Hospital Capacity and Racial Disparities in Mortality

Atheendar Venkataramani found that as hospital beds became scarcer, racial discrimination increased, reflected in longer wait times and less provider effort for Black patients. 

Andrea Schneider

First Responders Face Hidden Brain Injury Risks

Research by Andrea Schneider revealed that law enforcement, firefighters, and EMTs faced heightened risks of traumatic brain injury. 

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$25 Nearly Doubled Black and Hispanic Enrollment

Alex Fanaroff, Kevin Volpp, Scott Halpern, Alisa Stephens-Shields, and colleagues conducted four sequential trials to test ways to increase representation in clinical trials. 

Claudio Lucarelli and Mark Pauly

High-Deductible Health Plans Are Not the Answer

Claudio Lucarelli and Mark Pauly found that high deductible health plans lowered spending at first—but may not slow spending growth over time.

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Connecting Sepsis Survivors to Post-Acute Care

A study by Kathryn Bowles, Karen Hirschman, Michael Stawnychy, and Nancy Hodgson connected sepsis patients to home health and outpatient care in the crucial first week post-discharge. 

OP-ED WRITING COURSE

Mastering the Art of Opinion Writing for Health Policy at Penn LDI

Registration closes September 21 for LDI's virtual op-ed writing course, returning October 5 to help researchers turn their ideas into publication-ready op-eds. In just four sessions, you’ll learn how to pick compelling topics, craft high-impact op-eds, and pitch editors. New this year, STAT First Opinion editor Torie Bosch joins Karl Stark and Matthew Zencey as an instructor, alongside exclusive video interviews with New York Times, Washington Post, and STAT editors. Register today!

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Decoding the Moment: States Weigh in on Medicaid Fraud

Thursday, September 17, 2026
12:30–1:30 p.m. ET


A Conversation with Amir Bassiri, MSW, Drew Gonshorowski, MS, and Kevin Lownds, JD, moderated by Dan Gorenstein.

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Penn Led International Action Collaborative to Address Global Healthcare Workforce Shortages and Hospital Patient Safety

Friday, September 18, 2026
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. ET


International symposium co-sponsored by CHOPR, Penn Nursing, Penn Medicine, Penn LDI, and TruMerit. 

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CHERISH 2026 Research Seminar

Friday, September 18, 2026
12:00–1:30 p.m. ET

 

Featuring presentations by Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, MSHP and Anthony Spadaro, MD, MPH.

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LDI Fellows Workshop: Truveta Real World Data Research Offering and Platform

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET

IN THE MEDIA

“Funding Was Cut to Life-Saving Medical Research Programs in Philly. Rep. Brendan Boyle Demands To Know Why.” Rachel M. Werner. Philadelphia Inquirer

 

“NPR Spent 2 Years Tracking Deaths From Heat. We Found a Staggering Hidden Toll.” Sameed Khatana. NPR


“Nearly 40% of US Inpatient Mental Health Nurses ‘Suffer High Burnout’.” Justinna Dixon. Nursing Times

 

“Autism Cuts 13.8 Years off Life Expectancy—and the Causes Are Depressingly Preventable.” David Mandell. Gizmodo


“Why Students Who Use ChatGPT on Homework Assignments Do Worse on the Test.” Hamsa Bastani. Transparency Coalition

PUBLICATIONS

“Connecting Risk Prediction to Intervention: Evidence From a Randomized Trial Testing Patient Navigation and Education To Improve Postpartum Outcomes.” Kimberly B. Glazer, Sarah Lindley, Angelina Malenda, Micki Burdick, Oluwadamilola Oshewa, Lisa D. Levine, Jennifer Zeitlin, Teresa Janevic, Elizabeth A. Howell. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology: Maternal-Fetal Medicine

 

“Cognitive and Experiential Drivers of Safety Planning in Tracheal Intubation: A Single Centre Focus Group Analysis.” Caoimhe C. Duffy, Gary A. Bass, Justin T. Clapp, Christa-Maria Ngam, Lewis J. Kaplan, Joshua H. Atkins, Kenneth Catchpole, Mark D. Neuman. British Journal of Anaesthesia

 

“Patient Portal Use and Care Utilization Among Hospitalized Children.” Michael J. Luke, Yinlu Zhu, Courtney B. Wolk, Stephanie G. Menko, Danielle Capriola, Kate Fuller, Philip V. Scribano, Christopher P. Bonafide, Aditi Vasan. Hospital Pediatrics

 

“Comparative Effectiveness of GLP-1RAs, SGLT2is and DPP4is for Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: An Empirically Calibrated Target Trial Emulation Study.” Bingyu Zhang, Ting Zhou, Huilin Tang, Yiwen Lu, Dazheng Zhang, Jiajie Chen, Tianchu Lyu, Kai Zheng, David A. Asch, Yong Chen. Diabetes, Obesity, & Metabolism

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