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MOSAIC: Unifying Methods of Sex, Stature, Affinity, & Age for Identification through Computational Standardization

15PNIJ-24-GG-03840-NIJB

Awarded, but not yet accepted

Funding First Awarded

2024

$2,062,069

A Multi-Method Genetic, Craniometric, and Isotopic Approach to Estimating Geographic Origin of Unidentified Latinx Remains

15PNIJ-24-GG-01578-RESS

Awarded, but not yet accepted

Funding First Awarded

2024

$180,000

Sequence-based Population Structure, Relatedness, and Inbreeding Estimates for Forensic Autosomal STR Markers

Date Published

March 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit

Date Published

February 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

Discoveries From the Forensic Anthropology Data Base: Modern American Skeletal Change & the Case of Amelia Earhart

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Historical Overview

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NIJ-Sponsored

An Admixture Approach to Trihybrid Ancestry Variation in the Philippines With Implications for Forensic Anthropology

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing the Potential of Ilium Outlines, Greater Sciatic Notch Metrics, and Indices of Pubic/Ischial Length for Subadult Sex Estimation

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ-Sponsored

Genetic Testing in Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young: New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner's Experience and Perspective

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Functional Characterization of ABCC9 Variants Identified in Sudden Unexpected Natural Death

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Quantifying Error in Virtual Data Collection: the Impact of MSCT Scan Segmentation Protocol and Inter-observer Error in 3-D Landmark Placement on the Human Subadult Pelvis

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Intraobserver Error in Macromorphoscopic Trait Data

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Appraising Forensic Anthropology in the Philippines: Current Status and Future Directions

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Historical Overview

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The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

Spatial Impacts of a Multi-Individual Grave on Microbial and Microfaunal Communities and Soil Biogeochemistry

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Technical note: Evaluation of missing data imputation methods for human osteometric measurements

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Missing Data Imputation Methods for Human Osteometric Measurements

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 15, 2023

NIJ-supported researchers developed a free web tool to help forensic investigators and others interested in bone identification.

Improving Methods Using Machine Learning and Databases in Forensic Anthropology

Event Dates

December 5, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Series

2023 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Webinar Series

Advances in Chemical Sorting of Commingled Remains

Event Dates

November 30, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Series

2023 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Webinar Series

Tooth Morphology and Population Affinity: Testing rASUDAS2 on Modern African and European-derived Samples

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Reference Material

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NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluating the reliability and accuracy of multiple geophysical methods in the search for clandestine graves

15PNIJ-23-GG-04226-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$351,078

Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation

15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$467,325

Additive Effects of Diabetes and Lower-Limb Amputation on Osteoarthritis with Comparison to Diabetic and Healthy Controls

Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

Reconstructing Native American population history

Date Published

2012

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored