In 2016, Dr. Sleet retired from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia where he served as the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention in the
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He concurrently served as an adjunct professor at the Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health. Before joining CDC, Dr. Sleet taught and conducted research at
San Diego State University, directed the Road Accident Research Unit at the
University of Western Australia, and worked as a visiting scientist at the
United States Department of Transportation and the VTT (the Road Safety Agency) of Finland. Dr. Sleet served on a systematic review team that led to a Community Preventive Services Task Force recommendation to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit to 0.08 percent for drivers in the United States. This recommendation helped inform the U.S. Congress which mandated states adopt the stricter BAC limit of 0.08 percent by October 2003 or risk losing a portion of their highway funding. By 2004 all 50 states had passed 0.08 percent laws for drivers, making it the new national standard. ==Awards==