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Kurt M. Dubowski, PhD., LL.D., DABCC, DABFT
George Lynn Cross Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma; and Principal Research Scientist, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Federal Aviation Administration
A History of the Center by Dr. Kurt Dubowski
Kurt M. Dubowski was educated at Johns Hopkins University, New York University (A.B.), and The Ohio State University (M.Sc., Ph.D.). He holds an honorary Doctor of Laws degree conferred by Capital University. Doctor Dubowski joined the medical faculty of The University of Oklahoma in 1961, and is now George Lynn Cross Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine. He is Principal Research Scientist, Bioaeronautical Sciences Research Laboratory, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, OK; and is also Chairman Emeritus, Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence and State Director Emeritus of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence of the State of Oklahoma. He has been a charter member of the Indiana University/Bloomington Borkenstein Course faculty since 1958.
His professional activities have focused on the twin tracks of laboratory medicine and forensic science, especially clinical and forensic chemistry and toxicology, in their research, teaching, and service aspects, resulting in about 180 major publications in the scientific literature. Active in many professional organizations, he is Past President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, and of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology; and is President Emeritus of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. He has been a member of the National Safety Council Committee on Alcohol & Other Drugs since 1950; and is a past member of the Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transportation of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
His research has involved various aspects of clinical chemistry and toxicology methodology as well as many clinical studies with human subjects. He has been particularly active in studies on the analysis, metabolism and pharmacokinetics of ethanol as well as in various forensic science practice aspects of ethanol, and in issues of drug-impaired driving. Over the past forty years, his research has also included studies on the behavioral toxicology of marihuana and other substances which affect the central nervous system and are subject to abuse. That work includes development and evaluation of tests for drugs-of-abuse in biological specimens, and consultation for many governmental agencies. He was a charter member of the Drug-Testing Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Doctor Dubowski's professional honors and awards include selection as a Widmark Laureate of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (1980), conferral of the George Lynn Cross Distinguished Professor of Medicine chair by the University of Oklahoma (1981), the first Rolla N. Harger Award of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (1983), designation as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (1991), the Robert F. Borkenstein Award of the National Safety Council (1992), designation as a Distinguished Alumnus of The Ohio State University (1994), the Distinguished Service to Safety Award of the National Safety Council (1995), the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (1996), establishment of the Kurt M. Dubowski Award by the International Association for Chemical Testing (2002), and proclamation as an Honorary Texas Ranger by the Texas Department of Public Safety (2007).
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Additional Resource Materials:
- The Alcohol Tradition at Indiana University, and
Brief Historical Perspectives on Alcohol & Transportation
- Stages of Acute Alcoholic Influence Table (Dubowski, 2006)
- The Technology of Breath-Alcohol Analysis (Dubowski Monograph, 1992)
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