Our lab's Aditi Vasan is featured in this important story by Caitlin Dewey on #administrative #burdens in the WIC program. Check out her work on this topic here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

New work with Paula Chatterjee and Atheendar Venkataramani from Opportunity for Health. The Wharton School Penn LDI

academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-… Caregivers preferred food delivery to other forms of food programs in the primary care setting to address food insecurity. Great work Aditi Vasan!

The health care workforce has sizable wage inequality, and lower wage workers are more likely to be in poor health. In work led by Sasmira Matta, we ask what happens to wages after health care orgs get a financial windfall? Do the lowest earners benefit? ja.ma/49smi4V

As the #WIC funding deadline approaches, a thread 🧵on WIC’s impact...

🍎 Research tells us that #WIC is an effective and important nutrition program for low-income pregnant and postpartum people and children up to age 5.  This 2021 blog post breaks it down. policylab.chop.edu/blog/modernizi…

For the first time in a decade, participation in WIC is growing in part because of innovations that improve participants’ experiences with the program. stateline.org/2024/01/08/chi…

And our Dr. Aditi Vasan and team recently detailed how continued innovation and investment in improving WIC can promote health equity. policylab.chop.edu/article/reduci…

The bottom line? To ensure that eligible children and parents have access, Congress should fully #FundWIC.

1/ 🚨📰💡 NEW in American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) w/Eugenia (Gina) South, MD MS, Keven Cabrera, Tyler Winkelman MD MSc, Aditi Vasan We highlight how children exposed to #neighborhoodviolence have worse mental health, ⬆️ acute care utilization, and ⬆️ unmet physical & mental health care needs. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In this study by Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH Aditi Vasan Keven Cabrera Eugenia (Gina) South, MD MS, children in neighborhoods with increased violence were found to have unmet health needs - reaffirming violence as a social determinant of health #violenceprevention #gunsafety ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-…

In this 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 article, lead author Aditi Vasan and a research team designed a standardized process for helping low-income families navigate applications for federal nutrition support programs. 📰 | annfammed.org/content/22/3/2…

Honored to write a commentary on exciting work out of UChicago Medicine UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine in AAP Hospital Pediatrics exploring knowledge and use of food resources among families with hospitalized children! Here, Aditi Vasan and I discuss what role health systems should play. publications.aap.org/hospitalpediat…

We’re excited to see our work in this latest policy document! A study by Aditi Vasan and Atheendar Venkataramani was recently cited by HHS/ASPE on improving access to affordable and equitable health coverage. 🔗 aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/…

In @pennlive, LDI's Aaron Richterman, MD, Aditi Vasan, & Julia Hinckley argue that a new state earned income tax credit is needed in Pennsylvania, as the bottom 20% of taxpayers pay more than twice the share of their income in state and local taxes. See more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea…

🚨🚨We (UPenn Medical Ethics & Health Policy) are hiring up to two new faculty members (Assistant Professors) in #HealthPolicy! We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/152931

Policy pros from CHOP and Penn say with the end of BDT, health systems and local groups must ramp up efforts to get families the government benefits they need. ow.ly/349Z50Tbo48

There has been a lot of rich qualitative research published related to inpatient social needs screening in recent years. Check out our progress report in Academic Peds Assoc highlighting key insights to inform your own program implementation! Aditi Vasan sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A new study from LDI Fellows Aditi Vasan and Eugenia (Gina) South, MD MS digs into the connections between exposure to neighborhood violence and unmet health care. Cost-related barriers to care were prominent, but pandemic-era policies may have helped. Read more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea…

NEW IN AAP Pediatrics We interviewed 40 caregivers about what they liked about WIC and SNAP, what they’d change, and how health systems could help families connect to both programs. Find the full video abstract and paper ⤵️ publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…