Six Programs for the Future of Alcohol Safety

描述(由申请人提供)：太平洋研究与评估研究所(PERE，一家位于马里兰州卡尔弗顿的非营利性研究机构)正在为高级科学家Robert Voas博士提交这份KO5申请，他在酒精和高速公路安全领域有33年的工作经验。沃斯博士于1968年加入新成立的交通部，并监督酒精安全行动计划(ASAP)的发展和评估，该计划由35个项目和第一个由联邦政府资助的旨在减少酒后驾车撞车的社区努力组成。1982年，沃阿斯博士加入了皮尔的子公司国家公共服务研究所，在过去的15年里，他一直在那里进行由NIAAA资助的研究。他已经获得了六次R01奖励，最近还因为最近的一次奖励而获得了一项优异奖。这项申请的目的是为沃斯博士提供开发新的酒精安全项目的机会，他认为这些项目对于克服美国目前在减少酒后驾车事故方面缺乏进展的问题非常重要。此外，他希望指导新的研究人员接替他目前的一些职责，这样他们就可以在新的研究领域发挥领导作用。他在这份申请中描述的项目源于他在NHTSA、NIAAA、MADD、运输研究委员会、国家禁止酒驾委员会和国家安全委员会的科学咨询委员会的服务，以及他自己和同事的研究。这些努力针对的是酒后驾车领域的关键问题。为这一申请提供资金将使Voas博士能够参与更广泛的项目，而不是限制他承担单个R01项目的全面管理。为了这一努力，我们要求为沃阿斯博士75%的时间提供5年的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE, a non-profit research organization in Calverton, Maryland) is submitting this KO5 application for Dr. Robert Voas, a Senior Scientist with over 33 years of work in the alcohol and highway safety field. Dr. Voas joined the newly formed Department of Transportation in 1968, and oversaw the development of and evaluated the ASAP (Alcohol Safety Action Project) Program, comprised of 35 projects and the first federally funded community effort to reduce drunk-driving crashes. In 1982, Dr. Voas joined PIRE's subsidiary, National Public Services Research Institute, and has been conducting research funded by the NIAAA there for the past 15 years. He has been PI on six R01 grants and recently received a MERIT award for his most recent grant. The objective of this application is to provide Dr. Voas with the opportunity to develop new alcohol safety programs that he feels are important to overcoming the nation's current lack of progress in reducing drinking-driving crashes. In addition, he would like to mentor new investigators to take over some of his current responsibilities so they can take on leadership roles in the new research areas. The program he describes in this application grows out of his service on scientific advisory boards for NHTSA, NIAAA, MADD, the Transportation Research Board, the National Commission Against Drunk Driving, and the National Safety Council, in addition to his own research and that of his colleagues. These efforts are directed at key problems in the drinking-driving area. Funding this application will allow Dr. Voas to become involved in a broader range of programs than if he otherwise were limited by taking on the full management of individual R01 projects. For this effort we are requesting 5 years of support for 75% of Dr. Voas' time.