Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division

Robert F. Borkenstein Award

The Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division of the National Safety Council has named Randall E. Beaty the 2019 Borkenstein Award winner.

Mr. Beaty is the deputy scientific director of the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory System Breath Alcohol Laboratory. His career in safety began when he was assigned to the Houston DPS Crime Laboratory, where he provided forensic and technical support for law enforcement efforts to combat the drinking driver. He has served as a consultant in workplace drug and alcohol testing, from nuclear-fueled electricity-generating plants to safety-sensitive employers in the transportation industry, as well as in forensic alcohol testing for government agencies on the local, state and national level. He has testified in hundreds of trials regarding testing protocols, instrumentation design and function, and the physiology and pharmacology of ethanol in humans. He is a faculty member of the prestigious Robert F. Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing, Research and Litigation, and a visiting instructor at Indiana University’s Center for Law in Action.

In addition to journal articles on breath alcohol sampling and laboratory analysis, he authored a topic-driven chapter on the application of ISO standards in the forensic laboratory in the 6th Edition of Garriott’s Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol and has given numerous presentations on alcohol and highway safety topics. Three Virginia governors have appointed him to the Commonwealth’s Department of Forensic Sciences Scientific Advisory Committee.

He was a two-term president of the International Association for Chemical Testing and was appointed to its board of directors by five successive presidents. He also served on the Alcohol Testing Alliance Board of Directors and was a member of the ASCLD/LAB-International Breath Alcohol Calibration Laboratory Program Development Committee. He was the first full-term chair of the NSC Alcohol Drugs and Impairment Division and was nominated to two terms on the NSC Delegate Assembly.

Mr. Beaty will be presented the 2019 Robert F. Borkenstein Award Feb. 17, in conjunction with the NSC-ADID meeting in Baltimore. Register here to attend award dinner.

About the Award

The award, named for Breathalyzer® inventor Robert F. Borkenstein, recognizes individuals who, through a lifetime of service, have made outstanding contributions to the field of alcohol- and drug-related traffic safety. Honorees are selected by professionals involved in the Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division, which is managed by the National Safety Council.

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Meet the NSC Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division Leaders

The NSC Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division tackles substance abuse and prescription drug issues and makes recommendations to combat the impaired driving problem through legislation, education and other countermeasures. The Division also offers opportunities for safety-focused networking with others in the field.

	Robert D. Johnson Ph.D [email protected] Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division Chairman Mr. Johnson earned a Ph.D in analytical chemistry from The University of Oklahoma. Certified as a Diplomate by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology, he joined the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office as the chief toxicologist in 2011. Prior to joining the ME's office he worked for 10 years as a senior research chemist at the Federal Aviation Administration's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute in Oklahoma City. Dr. Johnson is active in the Society of Forensic Toxicologists, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the Southwestern Association of Toxicologists. He has published more than 50 scientific articles.
	Sabra Botch-Jones M.S., M.A., D-ABFT-FT [email protected] Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division Vice Chair Sabra Botch-Jones is a forensic toxicologist and assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine Biomedical Forensic Sciences program. She is course director for Forensic Toxicology, Analysis of Controlled Substances and Instrumental Analysis. She conducts research in forensic toxicology and seized drug analysis. She began her career with the Federal Aviation Administration and was a senior forensic toxicologist/quality manager at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. She earned master of science degrees in drug chemistry and forensic toxicology from the University of Florida, and bachelors and masters of arts in criminal justice and CJ management and administration from University of Central Oklahoma. She has authored and coauthored 17 scientific articles. She serves on the Toxicology Subcommittee of the Organization for Scientific Area Committees and the Secretary of the Toxicology Consensus Body of the Academy Standards Board. Sabra is active in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center.
	Michael R. Corbett, Ph.D., LL.M., F-ABFT, FCSFS [email protected] Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division Secretary Dr. Corbett is a forensic toxicologist and adjunct professor in forensic science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Toronto and an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and member of several other organizations, including the Society of Forensic Toxicologists. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. He initially worked for 13 years as a forensic toxicologist for the Province of Ontario, and thereafter continued a full-time consulting practice in forensic toxicology for more than 17 years. He is a consultant inspector for the National Laboratory Certification Program in workplace drug testing. He has presented on research at forensic science conferences and education in legal programs. He has testified more than 950 times as an expert witness on alcohol, drugs and impairment/intoxication in cases involving death, injury and other aspects.
	Chester Flaxmayer Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division Immediate Past Chairman