The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education

We are excited to be kicking off our Postmortem Toxicology for Forensic Pathology Fellows and Toxicologists training today with a welcome by Dr. Barry Logan at the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. This course has been designed to provide an overview of the investigation of suspected drug caused and related deaths, the best practices for the pathologist and toxicologist to work together, best practices in toxicological testing, and the interpretation of the results. The outstanding faculty for this course includes Erin Worrell, James Gill, Donna Papsun, William Anderson, Daniel Isenschmid, Ph.D., Ponni Arunkumar, Dan Anderson, Simon Elliott, Laura Labay, MJ Menendez, Lee Blum, Meaghan Hessler, Amanda D'Orazio, M.S., D-ABFT-FT, Judith Rodriguez Salas, and Dr. Alex J Krotulski.

Last Friday we had some students from Mastery Schools Pickett School come down to out lab for a fieldtrip! Thank you all so much for coming and we hope you learned a lot from our Forensic Scientists, and we hope to see you in the field of STEM soon! If your school is interested in learning more about the field of Forensics, please contact us at [email protected] and look on our website to see when our fieldtrip slots open again next year! https://lnkd.in/euipjwkd

Consider making a difference on Giving Tuesday by donating to the CFSRE! Your donation will not only help fund our STEM programs but ensure that we can continue to inspire and provide the right resources and experiences for the next generation of forensic scientists! Click the link in our linktree to donate and don't forget to share to your friends and family! https://lnkd.in/eBpW74c6

Consider making a difference on Giving Tuesday by donating to the CFSRE! Your donation will not only help fund our STEM programs but ensure that we can continue to inspire and provide the right resources and experiences for the next generation of forensic scientists! Click the link in our linktree to donate and don't forget to share to your friends and family! https://lnkd.in/eBpW74c6

Giving Tuesday is December 3rd! Consider making a difference by donating to the CFSRE! Your donation will not only help fund our STEM programs but ensure that we can continue to inspire and provide the right resources and experiences for the next generation of forensic scientists! Click the link in our linktree to donate and don't forget to share to your friends and family! https://lnkd.in/eBpW74c6

Call for Posters! ??? Current Trends in Seized Drugs Symposium When: January 13th – 17th, 2025 from 8:45am - 12pm ET each day Poster submission is now open for this year’s event. All submissions are welcome even if they have previously been presented elsewhere. Authors need not be present during the week but if selected, have the option of providing a video to accompany their submission. Thanks to the generosity of the CFSRE, this year there will be a $100 award for the best student poster. In addition, the winner of the student poster award will have the opportunity to present their work live during the symposium. ?? Complete the Abstract Submission Form at https://lnkd.in/egGugJKh no later than 5:00pm EST on Friday November 22nd 2024 to be considered for this year’s event. We look forward to seeing you there!!??

Once again, we thank the Science History Institute located in Philadelphia PA for hosting our symposium last week. Such a great turnout! Please remember to take our survey to provide feedback of this event!

This concludes the 2024 NPS Novel Synthetic Drug Threat Symposium! Thank you to all of our sponsors, speakers, and guests for attending this packed learning experience. We hope you enjoyed the presentations! Last speakers consisted of Dr. Alex J Krotulski, Simon Elliott, Chad Maheux, Mandi Mohr, Sherri Kacinko, Ph.D, F-ABFT, Joshua DeBord, Daniel Teixeira da Silva, Karen McDonald, Lewis Nelson, Alex Manini, Lorenzo Gitto, Aaron Shapiro, Katie Becker, and Donna Papsun

We had another successful day at the NPS Discovery: 2024 Novel Synthetic Drugs Threat Symposium! We hoped you learned a lot from our wonderful speakers and their presentations. Speakers included Richard Baum, Joshua DeBord, Donna M. Iula, Ph.D., Sara Walton, Thom Browne, Inc., Barry Logan, Michael Baumann, Donna Papsun, Atheir Abbas, Bruce Goldberger, Nicki Killeen, and Robert Middleberg.

We're kicking off the start of the 2024 NPS Novel Synthetic Drug Threat Symposium with a welcome from Dr. Barry Logan, MJ Menendez, and our first speaker Richard Baum! Thank you to NMS Labs and @theColomboPlan for sponsoring this event and the @ScienceHistoryInstitute for the conference space. Over the course of the three days, ten panels of invited international experts representing the latest work on novel synthetic drug pharmacology, detection and identification, harm reduction initiatives based on analytical drug checking data, and many other topics. If you registered for the program, this will be recorded so you can view the slides at your leisure. https://lnkd.in/gFcnsXhJ