The Injury and Violence Prevention Center is a collaborative program that connects the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Colorado (CU) School of Medicine.
The center is located at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, which is the largest academic health sciences campus in the Rocky Mountain region. The campus is home to six health professional schools and nationally ranked partner hospitals, research centers, and academic programs. The diverse community of neighbors provides an ideal environment for collaboration and cultural innovation.
Our innovative, interconnected, and highly collaborative approach is at the forefront of advancing research, education, professional training, and community outreach. This makes the Injury and Violence Prevention Center a significant contributor to improving community health outcomes in the Rocky Mountain region.
Email Address:carolyn.diguiseppi@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:303-724-4415
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
B119
W3138
Aurora, CO 80045
Dr. DiGuiseppi’s research interests include the epidemiology of injuries and autism spectrum disorder. She is a principal investigator in the CDC-funded multi-site Study to Explore Early Development and collaborates on NIH-funded studies of older adult driving decision-making and mortality in autism. Current research is examining cannabis use in pregnancy and child behavioral outcomes, and cannabis use in older drivers. She is also Professor of Pediatrics and serves as Director of Evidence-Based Medicine in the School of Medicine. In her prior role as Associate Dean for Faculty, Dr. DiGuiseppi led efforts to improve recruitment of diverse faculty and worked to evaluate and promote salary equity in the school; collaborated with the Faculty Senate to update Faculty Bylaws; developed the school’s professionalism statement and established and led the professionalism committee; developed promotion standards for research associates and instructors; and implemented faculty educational sessions. Before joining the University of Colorado in 2000, she was a senior research fellow at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, senior health policy analyst at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and project director for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, US DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. She is on the editorial boards of Injury Prevention and Injury Epidemiology and the Board of Governors of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Email Address:carolyn.diguiseppi@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:303-724-4415
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
B119
W3138
Aurora, CO 80045
Dr. DiGuiseppi’s research interests include the epidemiology of injuries and autism spectrum disorder. She is a principal investigator in the CDC-funded multi-site Study to Explore Early Development and collaborates on NIH-funded studies of older adult driving decision-making and mortality in autism. Current research is examining cannabis use in pregnancy and child behavioral outcomes, and cannabis use in older drivers. She is also Professor of Pediatrics and serves as Director of Evidence-Based Medicine in the School of Medicine. In her prior role as Associate Dean for Faculty, Dr. DiGuiseppi led efforts to improve recruitment of diverse faculty and worked to evaluate and promote salary equity in the school; collaborated with the Faculty Senate to update Faculty Bylaws; developed the school’s professionalism statement and established and led the professionalism committee; developed promotion standards for research associates and instructors; and implemented faculty educational sessions. Before joining the University of Colorado in 2000, she was a senior research fellow at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, senior health policy analyst at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and project director for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, US DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. She is on the editorial boards of Injury Prevention and Injury Epidemiology and the Board of Governors of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Our core faculty and affiliates come from across the University of Colorado system, including the CU Anschutz and CU Denver campuses. Our faculty dedicates a portion of their time to addressing injury or violence prevention topics.
Their interdisciplinary expertise represents the diverse disciplines related to injury research, policy, and practice.
Email Address:carolyn.diguiseppi@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:303-724-4415
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
B119
W3138
Aurora, CO 80045
Dr. DiGuiseppi’s research interests include the epidemiology of injuries and autism spectrum disorder. She is a principal investigator in the CDC-funded multi-site Study to Explore Early Development and collaborates on NIH-funded studies of older adult driving decision-making and mortality in autism. Current research is examining cannabis use in pregnancy and child behavioral outcomes, and cannabis use in older drivers. She is also Professor of Pediatrics and serves as Director of Evidence-Based Medicine in the School of Medicine. In her prior role as Associate Dean for Faculty, Dr. DiGuiseppi led efforts to improve recruitment of diverse faculty and worked to evaluate and promote salary equity in the school; collaborated with the Faculty Senate to update Faculty Bylaws; developed the school’s professionalism statement and established and led the professionalism committee; developed promotion standards for research associates and instructors; and implemented faculty educational sessions. Before joining the University of Colorado in 2000, she was a senior research fellow at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, senior health policy analyst at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and project director for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, US DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. She is on the editorial boards of Injury Prevention and Injury Epidemiology and the Board of Governors of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.