
M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS
@kit_delgadomd
ER doc, Director @PennNudgeUnit; @PennCHIBE @PennCECPR @PennLDI @PennInjury @UPennDBEI. data/behavioral science for improving care & preventing injury/overdose
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How do great research collaborations happen? CHIBE Associate Director M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS describes his partnership with Progressive Insurance and TrueMotion (now called Cambridge Mobile Telematics) in this Q&A. chibe.upenn.edu/blog/how-to-bu…

Proud of Sunny Jackson (Sunny Jackson) and the Penn Trauma Center Penn Med Nudge Unit team efforts funded by PA Department of Health to distribute firearm storage devices in Penn Medicine and our community! Great story in WHYY: whyy.org/articles/accid…

This is big honor and a reflection of a lot of amazing people and teams I get to work with at Penn Medicine in Penn Med Transformation & Innovation and the Penn Med Nudge Unit. Thank you City & State PA and Kevin B. Mahoney


🚨🎉We are recruiting a managing director! 🚨🎉 Are you a proven operational leader with expertise in health care innovation, behavioral design/research? Consider this opportunity to help lead the Penn Med Nudge Unit to new heights! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

Thoughtful perspective from Anupam Jena re Jay Bhattacharya, NIH Director nominee. I learned health econ from Jay. He is bright. While my experience as an ER doc contrasted with some of his Covid views, there deserves to be discourse. I wish him well nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opi…

🚨New paper shows how behavioral economics techniques can help increase seat belt use.🚗 1/4 M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10.21…

Small rewards for buckling up cut unbuckled trips by 33%—even after incentives ended. A weekly prize split among drivers with perfect seatbelt streaks outperformed lottery and text approaches, per a study led by M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS and Jeffrey Ebert, PhD. spr.ly/60150eqz9


In these trying times, the unstoppable Gail D'Onofrio inspired us at Penn EM Residency research day on why emergency medicine will continue to lead and innovate


A change in prescription defaults by Penn Med Nudge Unit researchers could significantly improve patients’ access to statins to treat chronic conditions, saving eight pharmacy trips per year and reducing chances of late or forgotten refills. spr.ly/60152XRKx



Interested in harnessing behavioral science and digital solutions for changing patient and clinician behavior? Submit an abstract to our 2025 Nudges in Health Care Symposium! Thrilled to hear from our keynotes, Katy Milkman and Adam Rodman! 👇 nudgeunit.my.canva.site/symposium-2025…
