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The Disaster Victim Identification Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to fatality management of a mass fatality incident that involves the scientific identification of human remains.
Elissia Conlon, Subcommittee Chair, City of New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Vacant, Subcommittee Vice Chair
Allison Reese, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, Harris County (Texas) Institute of Forensic Sciences
Donald Bloom, U.S. National Disaster Medical System
Enid Camps, State of California, Department of Justice (Legal Resource Representative)
Joyce deJong, D.O., Western Michigan University School of Medicine
Dennis Dirkmaat, Ph.D., Anthropology Department, Mercyhurst University
Bryan T. Johnson, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elias Kontanis, Ph.D., U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
Raymond Miller, D.D.S., State University of New York, Buffalo
Eric Pokorak, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Quality Infrastructure Representative)
Naeem Ullah, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, NYC
Mark Wadhams, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory - American Registry of Pathology
Victor Weedn, M.D., George Washington University
Shawn Wilson, Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office
In general, the development of standards and guidelines is transitioning from the Scientific Working Groups (SWGs) to the OSAC. Some SWGs will continue to operate to provide other resources within their discipline. The existing SWG documents will remain in effect until updated documents are disseminated by the OSAC or the SWG. SWGDAM will retain the responsibility for updating the FBI DNA Quality Assurance Standards.
– Forensic Science Standards Board: March 2015