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Agenda and Presentations
Forensic Toxicology Testing for Medicolegal Death Investigation Workshop Agenda
September 14, 2016 in Gaithersburg, MD
| Welcome and Overview of Forensic Science at NIST | Rich Cavanagh, Director, Office of Special Programs, NIST |
| Overview | Jayne Morrow, NIST; Margaret Warner, CDC |
| Emerging and Historical Challenges in MDI Toxicological Testing | David Fowler, President of National Association of Medical Examiners |
| Emerging Trends in Synthetic Drug Detection | Sherri Kacinko, Forensic Toxicologist, NMS Labs |
| Background on MDI Toxicological Testing Issues: MDI Perspective | John Fudenberg, Clark County Nevada, Chair, OSAC Subcommittee on MDI |
| Background on MDI Toxicological Testing Issues: Forensic Toxicology Perspective(PDF) | Marc Lebeau, FBI, Chair, OSAC Subcommittee on Toxicology |
| Panel on Analytical Tools: Now and emerging | |
| Emerging analytes of interest for MDI(PDF) | Robert Johnson, Chief Toxicologist Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth |
| Low level analytes and reducing the time to detection in forensic toxicology analysis(PDF) | Madeline Montgomery, FBI, Detection challenges |
| Predicting metabolites- emerging synthetic drugs and other metabolites, procuring or synthesizing challenges | Shawn Vorce, Technical Director, Chesapeake Toxicology Resources |
| Plenary | |
| Challenges in interpreting analytical results for MDI and variation for toxicology assessment in death certification(PDF) | Greg Davis, Director of Forensic Division, University of Alabama |
| Panel Discussion on MDI Toxicology Capability Building | |
| Decision Tree Support or opportunities to support toxicological testing with statistical methods and/or predictive capacity | Scott Larson, Toxicology Supervisor, Forensic Science Division, Montana DOJ |
| A Community/State System That Works Well to Connect Seized Materials and MDI/Tox (PDF) | Juan Colon, New Jersey State Police, Bureau Chief Information & Intelligence Support Bureau, Office of the Regional Operations Intelligence Center, New Jersey |
| An Overview of the National Drug Early Warning System | Moira O’Brien, National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| Top Challenges and Emerging Opportunities | |
| Overview of Forensic Science Policy Efforts | Eleanor Celeste, Policy Analyst, Medical and Forensic Science, OSTP |
| Apparent Needs and Possible Solutions(PDF) | Victor Weedn, Senior Forensic Advisor to the Deputy Attorney General, DOJ |
Created November 4, 2016, Updated January 15, 2025