David Sleet

Dr. David Sleet

San Diego state University School of Public Health
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Biography

Dr. David Sleet is The Bizzell Group Senior Associate and former Acting Director and Associate Director of Science in the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the CDC in Atlanta where he planned and managed research programs and provided direction to a national program. After co-creating a School of Public Health at San Diego State University, he spent 4 years as a behavioral science researcher at NHTSA (US Department of Transportation), 3 years in Australia as Director of the Road Accident Prevention Unit, and a year in Finland and Belgium managing and conducting injury prevention and health promotion programs. He is active with the WHO, the UN, and other international organizations promoting effective road traffic safety interventions globally. He has published more than 185 articles related to injury prevention, public health, and behavioral science, and he co-edited the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention and the Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior and on the Editorial Board of 7 journals. He has worked to develop sustainable injury prevention programs in the USA, Vietnam, China, Canada, and Argentina. In 2014 he was awarded the “Royal Order of Sahametrei Medal” by the Prime Minister of Cambodia for his work improving the health and safety of the people of Cambodia.

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Honors and Awards

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James J. Howard Highway Safety Trailblazer Award

United States Governors’ Highway Safety Association

For sustained & outstanding leadership that significantly improved highway safety on a national level (2016).

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Unit Commendation to Global Road Safety Team

US Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services .

For exemplary work in building global expertise in road traffic injury prevention through development and implementation of the CDC and HHS Field Epidemiology Training Program (Mini-grants) ( 2015).

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Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award

James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation:

For Career Contributions that have led to better evidence, more effective translation, and greater adoption of injury prevention interventions that have saved many lives. ($25,000 prize). (2015).

Experience

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