Original Release Date: November 20, 2017 In this special release episode, Just Science interviews Dr. Hope Smiley-McDonald and Connor Brooks about the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners. The last Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners…
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Opioids & Emerging Drug Threats – Integrating Public Safety and Health Data for a Forensic Response Webinar Series
Overview Building on the momentum of the National Opioid and Emerging Drug Threats Policy and Practice Forum held earlier this year in Washington, D.C., the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) will assist the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) in…
The Opioid Epidemic: An Update from the Coroner/ME Perspective
This webinar originally occurred on July 24, 2019 Duration: 50 minutes Overview Between 2016 and 2017, overdose deaths increased from 63,632 to 70,237. Of these, 47,600 overdose deaths involved opioids. In 2017, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and the District…
Medicolegal Death Investigation: Locating and Notifying Next of Kin & Donation 101
This webinar originally occurred on July 23, 2019 Duration: 1.75 hours Overview Locating and notifying the next of kin is an important part of medicolegal death investigation. This presentation provided examples of resources at the scene and online to assist…
Just Imaging Flow Cytometry
← Back to Just Science Podcast Original Release Date: July 22, 2019 In episode ten of our 2019 NIJ R&D season, Just Science interviews Dr. Christopher Ehrhardt, professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, about a method for determining tissue type, age…
Just Flies and Their Artifacts
← Back to Just Science Podcast Original Release Date: July 12, 2019 In episode nine of our 2019 NIJ R&D season, Just Science interviews Dr. David Rivers, a professor at Loyola University, about the detection of insect stains and the…
Just Putrid Databases
← Back to Just Science Podcast Original Release Date: June 25, 2019 In episode seven of our 2019 NIJ R&D season, Just Science interviews Dr. Audris Mockus, a Professor in the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee,…
Cradle to Cane: Investigation of Crimes Against Vulnerable Victims
This webinar originally occurred on March 21-23, 2017 Duration: 14 hours Overview: In 2017, the National Institute of Justice, Charleston Southern University, the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, and the Shaken Baby Alliance worked together to create and host “From Cradle to Cane: Investigation of Crimes…
Just RNA and Bloodstains
← Back to Just Science Podcast Original Release Date: May 29, 2019 In episode three of our 2019 NIJ R&D season, Just Science interviews Dr. Robert Allen, professor and head of the Forensic Sciences Department at Oklahoma State University, about…
Just Fundamental Mechanics and Infant Skull Fractures
← Back to Just Science Podcast Original Release Date: May 14, 2019 In episode two of our 2019 NIJ R&D season, Just Science interviews Dr. Brittany Coats, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, about her efforts…