Dr James Fell

Dr James Fell

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JAMES C. FELL is a Principal Research Scientist with NORC at the University of Chicago in the Bethesda, Maryland office. His areas of research include traffic safety behavioural programs, alcohol and drug-impaired driving countermeasures, underage drinking and cannabis use, and alcohol and other drug policies.

He has numerous publications concerning studies he has conducted on underage drinking. In 2019, Mr. Fell served as a consultant to the United Nations to develop strategies to address the issue of impaired driving for road safety in the Asia-Pacific countries. Mr Fell worked at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) from 1969 to 1999 and has over 50 years of traffic safety and alcohol policy research experience including over 170 publications.

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He has a Master of Science degree in Human Factors Engineering from the University of Buffalo. Mr Fell is former President of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (ICADTS)

, past president of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), and an Association for Courtroom Enhanced Supervision (ACES) Board Member.