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（PIRE，位于马里兰州卡尔弗顿的一家非营利研究组织）正在为罗伯特·沃阿斯博士提交此KO5申请，他是一名高级科学家，在酒精和高速公路安全领域工作了33年。Voas博士于1968年加入新成立的交通部，负责监督和评估ASAP（酒精安全行动项目）计划的制定，该计划包括35个项目和第一个联邦资助的社区努力，以减少酒后驾车事故。1982年，Voas博士加入了PIRE的子公司国家公共服务研究所，并在过去的15年里一直在进行由NIAAA资助的研究。他一直是PI的六个R01赠款，最近收到了他最近的赠款MERIT奖。这项申请的目的是为Voas博士提供开发新的酒精安全项目的机会，他认为这些项目对克服国家目前在减少酒后驾车事故方面缺乏进展很重要。此外，他希望指导新的研究人员接管他目前的一些职责，使他们能够在新的研究领域发挥领导作用。他在本申请中描述的项目源于他在NHTSA、NIAAA、MADD、交通研究委员会、国家反对酒后驾车委员会和国家安全理事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驶领域的关键问题。资助这个应用程序将允许博士. Voas成为参与更广泛的计划比如果他否则是有限的，承担个人R01项目的全面管理.为此，我们请求Voas博士提供5年的支持，占Voas博士75%的时间。

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.