The Medicolegal Death Investigation Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to sudden, unnatural, unexplained or suspicious deaths, including homicides, suicides, unintentional fatal injuries, drug-related deaths and other deaths that are sudden or unexpected; determination of the cause and manner of death.
Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products
Kelly Keyes, Subcommittee Chair, RTI International
Theodore Brown, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Michelle Rippy, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, California State University East Bay
Donald Bloom, National Disaster Medical System - HHS
Sam Butikofer, Madison County Office of the Coronor
Matthew Cain, University of New Mexico, Forensic Consulting LLC, Affiliate of Regenstrief Institute/Indiana University Health
Enid Camps, State of California, Department of Justice (Legal Task Group member)
Elissia Conlon, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Dennis Dirkmaat, Mercyhurst University
Daniel Dye, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brian Ehret, Onondaga County Office of the Medical Examiner
Benjamin Figura, West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center
Jan Gorniak, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner
Jason Graham, NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Katherine Grosso, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Amy Hawes, TN Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner
Gene Hernandez, Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner
Julie Howe, Franklin, Jefferson and Saint Charles Counties Medical Examiner Offices
Bryan Johnson, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michelle Jorden, County of Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner
Laura Knight, Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner's Office
Sarah Lathrop, University of New Mexico
Raymond Miller, State University of New York
Daniel Morgan, National Transportation Safety Board
Erin Morris, Los Angeles County Public Defender (Human Factors Task Group member)
Naeem Ullah, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Shawn Wilson, Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office
These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.
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