The roles of medical examiners in the COVID-19 era: a comparison between the United States and Italy
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Medical examiners
A Forward-Thinking Approach to Addressing the New Synthetic Opioid 2-Benzylbenzimidazole Nitazene Analogs by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (LC-QQQ-MS)
Date Published
April 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Metonitazene in the United States-Forensic toxicology assessment of a potent new synthetic opioid using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The next generation of synthetic cannabinoids: Detection, activity, and potential toxicity of pent-4en and but-3en analogues including MDMB-4en-PINACA
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner’s Office
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Strengthening the Medicolegal-Death-Investigation System: Improving Data Systems
Date Published
September 2016
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ
A Landscape Study of Electronic Case Management Systems for Medical Examiners and Coroners
Date Published
February 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification
15PNIJ-21-GG-04165-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$567,682
Improving Age-at-Death Estimates from Human Skeletal Remains Through Spatial Analysis of Intracortical Remodeling Using Geographic Information Systems Software
15PNIJ-21-GG-04136-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$349,970
Implementing NAGPRA Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
December 2021
This project is designed to connect tribal partners to ME/C offices to facilitate successful disposition protocols for non-forensically significant Native American remains that are compliant with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA).
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Just Science Podcast: Just Workforce Resiliency for MDIs
Date Published
October 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Use of Rapid Toxicology Screening Tools in Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices
Date Published
November 2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Not Required
Advancing mitochondrial genome data interpretation in missing persons casework
Date Published
December 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Using postmortem formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissues for molecular testing of sudden cardiac death: A cautionary tale of utility and limitations
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence
15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$300,000
Recommended Practices for Macerating Human Thyroid Cartilage
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Sequencing of full mitochondrial genomes for NIST population samples
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Mechanism-Based Forensic Investigation into the Postmortem Redistribution of Morphine.
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Cases Associated with Violence in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): The Examination of Circumstances & Characteristics Project
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset
Date Published
August 2021
Agencies
NIJ
Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner (ME/C) Offices (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Provides data on the personnel, budgets, and workload of medical examiner and coroner offices by type of office and size of jurisdiction. The census gathers information on the number of unidentified human decedents handled by these offices, record-keeping practices, and use of national databases for unidentified remains.