Our Faculty

Dr. Guohua Li?s expertise is in the area of injury epidemiology and prevention. He has studied the role of alcohol in injury causation and trauma outcomes, and is well known for his work on medical and human factors in aviation crashes. Dr. Li is interested in population-based, injury-related, and policy-oriented studies that encompass innovative methodology, novel epidemiologic and biostatistical techniques, and complex data systems. Currently, he directs two NIH-funded research projects: a longitudinal study of injury risk during the process of aging and a case-control study assessing the safety benefit of mandatory alcohol testing programs among employees with safety-sensitive functions.

As the M. Finster Chair in Anesthesiology and Epidemiology, Dr. Li directs the clinical research program for perioperative care and critical care. Areas of interest include developing practical tools for measuring anesthesia-related risks, identifying and intervening on risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes, and evaluating the long-term effects of exposure to volatile anesthetics on neurodevelopment and cognitive functions in vulnerable patient groups, such as young children, the elderly, and people with major co-morbidities.

DrPH, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland), 1993

MS, Tongji Medical University (Wuhan, China), 1987

MD, Beijing Medical University (Beijing, China), 1984

Additional Affiliations:

• Member, American Public Health Association
• Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research
• Member, Aerospace Medical Association
• Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine

• William Haddon Jr. Fellowship, 1989
• FIRST Award, NIAAA/NIH, 1994-1999
• Kenneth Rothman Epidemiology Prize, 1999
• Guggenheim Fellowship, 2005
• John Paul Stapp Award, 2009

Selected Editorial Boards

• Editorial Advisory Board, Accident Analysis and Prevention
• Statistical Editor, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Statistical Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine

Injury Control Research Center
The Center, based at Tongji Medical College School of Public Health, in Wuhan, China, is an academic program aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of unintentional and intentional injuries in different population groups. As the founding director, Dr. Li oversees the development of training curriculum and research projects and advises graduate students and junior faculty. Current work at the Center includes studies of drowning, injury to children of migrant workers in rural areas, seatbelt use by car occupants, safety helmets for bicyclists and motorcyclists, suicide in young women, and emergency department-based injury surveillance.

Countries: China