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Advancing Fire Scene Investigations with Field Portable Technologies

This webinar originally occurred on April 6th, 2021 Duration: 1.5 hours This multi-year effort evaluated the application and limitations of field portable Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) systems. The testing included three bench-top burns, nine flashover burns and 139 fire scenes with hundreds of samples…

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UNODC Early Warning Alert System: Forensic Tools for New Psychoactive Substances

← Back to Series Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 1:00:00 PM ET – 2:00:00 PM ET Duration: 1 hour(s) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Early Warning Advisory (EWA) on new psychoactive substances (NPS) was launched in June…

Improving National Laboratory Capability and Capacity to Measure Human Exposure to Synthetic Opioids

← Back to Series Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 1:00:00 PM ET – 2:00:00 PM ET Duration: 1 hour(s) The CDC laboratory at the National Center for Environmental Health is collaborating with public, private, and academic laboratories to respond to the…

Webinar Series: Opioids & Emerging Drug Threats – Integrating Public Safety and Health Data for a Forensic Response

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 a complementary initiative surrounding the topic by hosting…

Emerging Research in Toxicology & Drugs

← Back to Series Tuesday, April 23, 2019 1:00:00 PM ET – 2:30:00 PM ET Duration: 1.5 hour(s) Research and Presentation topics will include the following: -Development and validation of a novel blood protein modification assay for retrospective detection of…

Novel Forensic Chemistry Research from Early-Career Scientists

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET Duration: 1.5 hour(s) National Forensic Science Week recognizes the contribution that forensic science makes to the criminal justice system. Throughout the week, the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE)…

Three Part Online Workshop Series: Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic

Archives Overview The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) is a world-leading center in novel drug identification and interpretation. The CFSRE is working in association with NIJ’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE), led by RTI International,…

Landscape Study of Field Portable Devices for Presumptive Drug Testing

Report Date May 2018 Report Summary The goal of this report is to inform the forensic community about the current landscape of field portable devices and techniques used for presumptive drug testing. This report also contains a discussion of the…

OPIOID CRISIS – A PUBLIC HEALTH ENEMY WEBINAR SERIES

Rates of opioid use and misuse have reached epidemic proportions and are impacting many aspects of both criminal justice and forensic sciences programs. Opioid addiction is the driving force behind this increase in use with more than 2.5 million Americans…

2016 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

This report was published in RTI Press, a global publisher of peer-reviewed, open-access publications on a broad range of topics. The areas of focus reflect RTI’s multidisciplinary research, our expertise in social and laboratory sciences, and our extensive international activities. Since…