Identifying and Addressing Disparities in Care for People with Disabilities

Penn LDI will co-host the Samuel P. Martin, III, MD Memorial Lecture along with the Division of General Internal Medicine and the National Clinician Scholars Program. The talk, titled "Identifying and Addressing Disparities in Care for People with Disabilities," will be given by Tara Lagu, MD, MPH.

There are more than 60 million Americans with disabilities and many face barriers to accessing medical care and experience disparities in outcomes. Dr. Lagu will describe findings from more than a decade of work focused on understanding the mechanisms that lead to disparities for this population and will explore potential solutions.

Please note: In-person attendance at this event is preferred. Virtual access will be provided to registrants who are unable to be on campus.

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH is a pharmacist, hospitalist, and health services researcher with a focus on using innovative methods to improve quality of care, access to care, and coordination of care for vulnerable patients, including patients with heart failure and patients with disabilities. With expertise in measurement of health care delivery quality, observational comparative effectiveness, implementation science, qualitative, and mixed methods, she has conducted studies that aim to increase implementation of evidence-based practice, advance health equity, improve population health, and reduce health disparities.

The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the world’s leading university institutes, guided by our mission to improve health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.