David Grande, MD, MPA is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and Director of Policy at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. He also serves as Special Advisor for Medicaid Innovation at the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. His research focuses on health care for vulnerable populations with an emphasis on identifying and overcoming barriers to care. He also studies ethical issues related to marketing in health care and digital health information privacy.
Dr. Grande received his MD at the Ohio State University and trained in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a Master’s in Public Affairs (MPA) at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and was a Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
Areas of Expertise | Bioethics, Disadvantaged Populations, Medicaid and CHIP, Uninsured
Clinical Area | General Internal Medicine
Selected Publications:
Gupta R, Iyengar R, Sharma M, Cannuscio CC, Merchant RM, Asch DA, Mitra N, Grande D. Consumer Views on Privacy Protections and Sharing of Personal Digital Health Information. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e231305. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1305. PMID: 36862410; PMCID: PMC9982693.
Grande D, Mitra N, Iyengar R, et al. Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Digital Information for Health-Related Uses. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(1):e2144787. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.44787
Schmidt H, Spieker AJ, Luo T, Szymczak JE, Grande D. Variability in Primary Care Physician Attitudes Toward Medicaid Work Requirement Exemption Requests Made by Patients With Depression. JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(10):e212932. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2932
Zhu JM, Rowland R, Gunn R, Gollust S, Grande DT. Engaging Consumers in Medicaid Program Design: Strategies from the States. Milbank Q. 2021;99(1):99-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12492 Grande D, Luna Marti X, Feuerstein-Simon R, et al. Health Policy and Privacy Challenges Associated With Digital Technology. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(7):e208285. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8285
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