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National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Strategic Research Plan, 2022-2026 (Version 1.1)

Date Published

January 2025

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Compositionally Aware Phylogenetic Beta-Diversity Measures Better Resolve Microbiomes Associated with Phenotype

Journal

Msystems

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Postmortem Skeletal Microbial Community Composition and Function in Buried Human Remains

Journal

Msystems

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Pharmacological Evaluation and Forensic Case Series of N-pyrrolidino Etonitazene (etonitazepyne), a Newly Emerging 2-benzylbenzimidazole 'Nitazene' Synthetic Opioid

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Multidisciplinary Team Works to Reduce Preventable Deaths of Older Adults

Associations Detected between Measures of Neighborhood Environmental Conditions and Human Microbiome Diversity

Journal

Science of the Total Environment

Date Published

November 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Strengthening the Medical Examiner–Coroner System Through NIJ-funded Programs: 2018 Medicolegal Death Investigation Stakeholders’ Meeting

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Implementation Strategies: LC-MS-Based Forensic Toxicology Screening

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Medical Examiner and Coroner Outsourcing Study: A Qualitative Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Things Are Not What They Seem: A Collection of Interesting Case Studies from the Medical Examiner Scene Queens

Event Dates

May 19, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Unseen Threats: A Webinar Series from the AAFS Opioids and Emerging Drugs Ad-Hoc Committee

The roles of medical examiners in the COVID-19 era: a comparison between the United States and Italy

Journal

Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Aquatic Death and Homicidal Drowning Investigation

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Enhancing Nonfouling and Sensitivity of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates for Potent Drug Analysis in Blood Plasma via Fabrication of a Flexible Plasmonic Patch

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Interaction of age and temperature on heat shock protein expression, sperm count, and sperm viability of the adult black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Journal

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Effects of Extended Postmortem Interval on Microbial Communities in Organs of the Human Cadaver

Journal

Frontiers in Microbiology

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Optimization of electromagnetic hot spots in surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates for an ultrasensitive drug assay of emergency department patients' plasma

Journal

Analyst

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Toxicological and Pharmacological Characterization of Novel Cinnamylpiperazine Synthetic Opioids in Humans and in Vitro Including 2-methyl AP-237 and AP-238

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Metonitazene in the United States-Forensic toxicology assessment of a potent new synthetic opioid using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The next generation of synthetic cannabinoids: Detection, activity, and potential toxicity of pent-4en and but-3en analogues including MDMB-4en-PINACA

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of extraction methods for pharmacologically active compounds from anticonvulsant traditional Chinese medicines: Gou Teng, Tian Ma, Jiang Can using DART-TOF-MS

Journal

Analytical Methods

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Acetabular shape and orientation of the spastic hip in children with cerebral palsy

Journal

DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Age-at-death estimation in adults using three forensic methodologies: A Lamendin's technique approach for Latin American context and the extension of a forensic international dental database

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Monitoring uranium mine pollution on Native American lands: Insights from tree bark particulate matter on the Spokane Reservation, Washington, USA

Journal

Environmental Research

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Concentrations of Para-Fluorofuranylfentanyl in Paired Central and Peripheral Blood Collected during Postmortem Death Investigations

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)