About the Fellowship

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Medical Fellow Research Program was established in 2005. The Fellowship program supports the work of a medical scholar in the area of commercial motor vehicle driver health and safety.

Areas of particular interest include:

• Use of drug/alcohol by commercial truck and bus drivers
• Medications and driving
• Driving with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurological disorders, renal disease, seizure disorders, sleep disorders and other acute medical conditions
• Hearing impairment and driving?
• Musculoskeletal disease and injury among truck and bus drivers
• Injury and return-to-work issues among truck and bus drivers
• Psychiatric illness and driving
• Monocular vision impairment and commercial truck/bus operation

2011 Fellow

Biography of Benjamin O. Blagegee, MD, MPH Research in Progress

2009-2010 Fellow

Biography of Marc R. Watkins, MD, MSPH
Completed Research (PDF)

2008 Fellow

Biography of Philip Parks, MD, MPH
Completed Research and Citations (PDF)

2007 Fellow

Biography of John D. Meyer, MD, MPH
Completed Research

2006 Fellow

Biography of Eric M. Wood, MD, MPH
Completed Research and Citations (PDF)