Epi Lab
Principal Investigator
Research in the Epi Lab covers a wide array of population health sciences. Ongoing projects include studies aimed at eliciting the role of alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs in injury causation and trauma outcomes, controlling the opioid epidemic, understanding the life-course dynamics of injury risk and injury-disease interactions, and identifying modifiable factors of racial and ethnic disparities in anesthesia care and perioperative outcomes.
The Epi Lab is also engaged in developing practical tools and techniques for measuring and monitoring the safety and quality of anesthesia care, and effective interventions to reduce major postoperative complications and racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and child health.
Select Publications
Guglielminotti J, Monk C, Russell MT, Li G. Association of General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery with Postpartum Depression and Suicidality. Anesth Analg. 2025 Sep 1;141(3):618-628. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007314. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39630595; PMCID: PMC12134152.
Blanchard A, Chihuri S, Ing C, DiGuiseppi C, Li G. Association between autism spectrum disorder and intentional self-harm. Inj Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 7;12(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s40621-025-00591-z. PMID: 40775670; PMCID: PMC12333116.
Xie K, Blanchard A, Chihuri S, Russell M, Ing C, DiGuiseppi C, Li G. Unintentional Drowning Incidents Involving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Treated in US Emergency Departments, 2016-2020. J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 Mar 27:10.1007/s10803-025-06769-0. doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06769-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40146314; PMCID: PMC12258417.
Guglielminotti J, Daw JR, Friedman AM, Samari G, Li G. Reduced odds of severe maternal morbidity associated with the US Affordable Care Act dependent coverage provision. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2025 Jun;7(6):101668. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2025.101668. Epub 2025 Mar 11. PMID: 40081762; PMCID: PMC12129660.
Xi Y, Mielenz TJ, Andrews HF, Hill LL, Strogatz D, DiGuiseppi C, Betz ME, Jones V, Eby DW, Molnar LJ, Lang BH, Li G. Prevalence of Depression in Older Adults and the Potential Protective Role of Volunteering: Findings From the LongROAD Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Apr;73(4):1041-1048. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19349. Epub 2025 Jan 8. PMID: 39776414.
Ing C, Silber JH, Lackraj D, Olfson M, Miles C, Reiter JG, Jain S, Chihuri S, Guo L, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Wall M, Li G. Behavioural disorders after prenatal exposure to anaesthesia for maternal surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2024 May;132(5):899-910. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.025. Epub 2024 Feb 29. PMID: 38423824; PMCID: PMC11578392.
Mielenz TJ, Jia H, DiGuiseppi C, Molnar LJ, Strogatz D, Hill LL, Andrews HF, Eby DW, Jones VC, Li G. Impact of driving cessation on health-related quality of life trajectories. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2024 Feb 1;22(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12955-024-02231-4. PMID: 38302929; PMCID: PMC10835934.
Leavitt TC, Chihuri S, Li G. State cannabis laws and cannabis positivity among fatally injured drivers. Inj Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 11;11(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40621-024-00498-1. PMID: 38605393; PMCID: PMC11010426.
Liu D, Chihuri S, Andrews HF, Betz ME, DiGuiseppi C, Eby DW, Hill LL, Jones V, Mielenz TJ, Molnar LJ, Strogatz D, Lang BH, Li G. Diabetes mellitus and hard braking events in older adult drivers. Inj Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 5;11(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s40621-024-00508-2. PMID: 38840227; PMCID: PMC11151638.
Mielenz TJ, Jia H, DiGuiseppi CG, Strogatz D, Andrews HF, Molnar LJ, Eby DW, Hill LL, Li G. Frailty and poor physical functioning as risk factors for driving cessation. Front Public Health. 2024 May 3;12:1298539. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1298539. PMID: 38765490; PMCID: PMC11099263.
Guglielminotti J, Samari G, Friedman AM, Landau R, Li G. State-Level Indicators of Structural Racism and Severe Adverse Maternal Outcomes During Childbirth. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Jan;28(1):165-176. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03828-9. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PMID: 37938439; PMCID: PMC11299521.
Jian Q, Chihuri S, Andrews HF, Betz ME, DiGuiseppi C, Eby DW, Hill LL, Jones V, Mielenz TJ, Molnar LJ, Strogatz D, Lang BH, Li G. Association between polypharmacy and hard braking events in older adult drivers. Accid Anal Prev. 2024 Sep;204:107661. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107661. Epub 2024 May 30. PMID: 38820927.
Guglielminotti J, Lee A, Landau R, Samari G, Li G. Structural Racism and Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia Among Non-Hispanic Black Birthing People. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Apr 1;143(4):571-581. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005519. Epub 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38301254; PMCID: PMC10957331.
DiGuiseppi CG, Johnson RL, Betz ME, Hill LL, Eby DW, Jones VC, Mielenz TJ, Molnar LJ, Strogatz D, Li G. Migraine headaches are associated with motor vehicle crashes and driving habits among older drivers: Prospective cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Mar;72(3):791-801. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18719. Epub 2023 Dec 22. PMID: 38133994; PMCID: PMC11045178.
Sodhi A, Chihuri S, Hoven CW, Susser ES, DiMaggio C, Abramson D, Andrews HF, Ryan M, Li G. Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Self-Reported Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Among New York Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. AJPM Focus. 2024 Oct 4;3(6):100278. doi: 10.1016/j.focus.2024.100278. PMID: 39554763; PMCID: PMC11566328.
Liu Y, Chihuri S, Mielenz TJ, Andrews HF, Betz ME, DiGuiseppi C, Eby DW, Hill LL, Jones V, Molnar LJ, Strogatz D, Li G. Motor Vehicle Crash Risk in Older Adult Drivers With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2;6(10):e2336960. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.36960. PMID: 37792374; PMCID: PMC10551766.