Death Scene Investigations: Roles & Responsibilities
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Online
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Webinar
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Not Required
Forensic pathology
The Value of Nonhuman Animal Models in Forensic Decomposition Research
Date Published
November 12, 2018
Scientific inquiry into the process of decomposition has studied a wide range of mammals and developed a fundamental understanding of the stages of decomposition, but forensic scientists should use caution in applying nonhuman data to human bodies.
ENHANCING FOUNDATIONAL VALIDITY OF FORENSIC FINDINGS IN MEDICO-LEGAL STRANGULATION EXAMINATIONS
2018-VA-CX-0004
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$726,344
Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition
2018-DU-BX-0215
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$642,979
Longitudinal Effects of Prolonged Opioid Use on Cortical Bone Remodeling in a Rabbit Model
2018-DU-BX-0188
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$323,392
Development of a Comprehensive Workflow for Postmortem Insulin Testing in Cases of Suspected Insulin Homicide
2018-75-CX-0039
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$299,529
A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine
2016-DN-BX-0002
Open
Funding First Awarded
2018
$49,832
Just Science Podcast: Episode 46: Drugs: Just the State of Pathology
Date Published
May 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Interview
Success Story: Creating an International Databank of Skeletal Biomarkers for Human Identification
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description,
Factsheet
Using Advanced Imaging Technologies to Enhance Autopsy Practices
Date Published
December 9, 2017
Making imaging technologies available to forensic pathologists as common practice — although not without challenges — will help improve medicolegal death investigations in the United States.
Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations
2017-MU-MU-0042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$532,286
Quantifying the Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors to Improve Juvenile Age Estimation
2017-DN-BX-0144
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$561,528
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the investigation and prosecution of heroin-related overdose
2017-DN-BX-0168
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$975,401
Biomechanical Characterization of Video Recorded Short Distance Falls In Children
2017-DN-BX-0158
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$599,878
Investigations on the Cellular and Morphologic Characteristics of Cranial Vault Fracture: Research and Development of a Time Since Fracture Protocol and Database
2017-DN-BX-0166
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$576,060
Understanding the Pathology of Homicidal Pediatric Blunt Neurotrauma through Correlation of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Images with Histopathology
2017-DN-BX-0145
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$598,632
A Comparison of Postmortem and Perimortem Rib Fracture Patterns in Articulated and Disarticulated Ribs
2017-IJ-CX-0006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Optimizing Bone Loss Across the Lifespan: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Porosity in the Human Femoral Neck and Rib As a Metric of Bone Fragility
2017-MU-CX-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Opioids and Death Investigation: A "Perfect Storm"
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–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
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Not Required
A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine
2016-DN-BX-0002
Open
Funding First Awarded
2017
$48,818
Stable Isotope Forensics & Unknown Persons Investigations
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–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Interpretation of Patterned Injuries in Medicolegal Death Investigation
Date Published
February 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description