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.

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.

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.