My Bio
BIOGRAPHY
JAMES C. FELL is currently a Senior Research Scientist with James C Fell Consulting LLC. 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. He has authored or coauthored over 170 publications in book chapters, scientific journals and conference proceedings. He is a long-time member of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)(since 1969), including serving as president (1988), treasurer (1985-86); and elected as a Fellow (1994). He received the AAAM Award of Merit in 2019. Mr. Fell is currently Past-President of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) and the 2013 recipient of the ICADTS Widmark Award and the 2019 recipient of the ICADTS Haddon Award. In 2015, Mr. Fell received the James J. Howard Highway Safety Trailblazer Award from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) for sustained outstanding leadership in endeavors that significantly improve highway safety and the Kevin Quinlan Advocacy Award from the Maryland Highway Safety Office. He has both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He recently published a book entitled: "Driving Change: The Impact of Highway Safety Research and Effective Policy." Index of Sciences, 2025.