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性研究机构）正在为罗伯特·沃斯博士提交这项KO5申请，他是一位在酒精和公路安全领域工作超过33年的资深科学家。Voas博士于1968年加入新成立的交通部，负责监督和评估由35个项目组成的ASAP（酒精安全行动项目）计划的发展和评估，这是第一个由联邦政府资助的减少酒后驾车事故的社区努力。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年里一直从事由NIAAA资助的研究。他是六项R01资助的PI，最近因其最近的资助获得了MERIT奖。这项申请的目的是为Voas博士提供一个开发新的酒精安全项目的机会，他认为这对于克服国家目前在减少酒驾事故方面缺乏进展非常重要。此外，他希望指导新的研究人员接替他目前的一些职责，以便他们能够在新的研究领域发挥领导作用。除了他自己和同事的研究之外，他在NHTSA、NIAAA、MADD、运输研究委员会、国家反酒驾委员会和国家安全委员会的科学顾问委员会中所提供的服务，使他在这个应用程序中描述的程序得到了发展。这些努力是针对酒后驾驶领域的关键问题。资助这一申请将使Voas博士能够参与更广泛的项目，而不是因为他受限于承担单个R01项目的全面管理。对于这项工作，我们要求给予沃阿斯博士5年75%的时间支持。

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.