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 | Discipline-Specific Baseline Documents | Research & Development Needs | Presentations
Kelly Keyes, Subcommittee Chair, Orange County (California) Sheriff-Coroner Office
Theodore Brown, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
DeAnna Lowe, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office
Donald Bloom, National Disaster Medical System - HHS
Matthew Cain, Regenstrief Institute/Indiana University Health
Enid Camps, State of California, Department of Justice (Legal Representative)
Elissia Conlon, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Dennis Dirkmaat, Mercyhurst University
Brian Ehret, Onondaga County Office of the Medical Examiner
Ben Figura, West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center
Jason Graham, NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Tom Gilson, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office
Amy Hawes, Tennessee Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner
Bryan Johnson, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Raymond Miller, State University of New York
Daniel Morgan, National Transportation Safety Board
Erin Morris, Los Angeles County Public Defender (Human Factors Representative)
Jayne Morrow, Ph.D., Montana State University
Bobbi Jo O'Neal, Charleston County Coroner's Office
Eric Pokorak, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Quality Representative)
Allison Reese, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Michelle Rippy, California State University East Bay
Lindsey C. Thomas, M.D., Retired (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Naeem Ullah, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Margaret Warner, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Statistics Representative)
Victor Weedn, George Washington University
Shawn Wilson, Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office
The Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) has provided the opportunity for OSAC subcommittees to identify baseline documents and reference materials that best reflect the current state of the practice within their respective disciplines.
These documents contain practical information regarding these disciplines that can help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, other interested parties and the general public, to better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as they are currently practiced.
It is important to note that the identification of these documents in this venue does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only documents that are posted on the OSAC Registry constitute OSAC endorsement. All copyrights for these documents are reserved by their owners. Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee represent the consensus opinion of the subcommittee, not necessarily the position of the entire OSAC organization or NIST.
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Autopsy:
Critical Stress Management:
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