AAFS 76th Annual Conference

Workshops

Recommendations from the NIST/NIJ Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Forensic DNA Interpretation 
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Mikalaa Martin, Hope Zagaria 

Reading the Blueprint to Construct the Framework: Demystifying Forensic Accreditation
1:00 - 6:00 PM | Nicole Jones, Erin Forry, Allison Getz (NIST)

Presentation

Drug Positivity Rates in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population
Katherine Bollinger, Nichole Bynum, Lauren Johann, Megan Grabenauer

NIJ R&D Symposium

A Platform for Automated and Objective Laboratory Screening of Seized Drugs
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Shannon Krauss

Workshop

Investigation and Certification of Intoxication Deaths for the Non Pathologist
1:00 - 4:30 PM | Kelly Keyes

Poster  

Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center (HHRRC) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
6:00 - 8:00 PM | Jeri Ropero-Miller, Mikalaa Martin

Poster

Retrospective Analysis of Testing Results from U.S. Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing of Oral Fluid and Hair and the Impacts of Expanding the Testing Scope to Include Fentanyl and Fentanyl Related Compounds
7:30 - 9:00 PM | Jeri Ropero-Miller, Megan Grabenauer, Nicholas Richardson, David Heller

Presentations

Results from an Interlaboratory Study to Evaluate Analytical Schemes in ASTM E2329-17 - Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs
9:30 - 9:45 AM | Megan Grabenauer, Darryl Creel

Health and Wellness: A Study Assessing Stress using Physiological and Self-reported Data Among Medicolegal Death Investigators 
11:35 - 11:50 AM | Jennifer Rineer, Crystal Daye, Kelly Keyes, Sean Wire, Vaughn Armbrister, Julia Brinton

What Researchers and Practitioners Should Know about the Forensic Innovation Ecosystem
4:05 - 4:25 PM | Rebecca Shute, Gabby DiEmma, Cody Sorrell, Jeri Ropero-Miller

Presentations 

A Study of Digital Evidence (DE) Processing Efficiencies in Publicly Funded Crime Laboratories
9:00 - 9:20 AM | Christopher Williams, Peyton Attaway, Nichole Bynum, Hope Smiley-McDonald, John Grassel

Interagency Study of Scene Investigation Using Virtual Reality Tools
9:15 - 9:30 AM | Jaclynn McKay, John Grassel, Edward Hill, Kelly Keyes, Nicholas Thomas

Medicolegal Death Investigations – Interactive Mapping of Key Data and Organizations
9:45 - 10:00 AM | Jennifer Snippen, Nelson Santos, Jeri Ropero-Miller

Infrastructure-related Insights about the Medicolegal Death Investigation Community from the BJS's Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC)
10:00 - 10:15 AM | Kelly Keyes, Kathryn Greenwell, Hope Smiley-McDonald, Heather Meier, Jeri Ropero-Miller

Standards Development Activities in Medicolegal Death Investigation, Including Disaster Victim Identification
10:30 - 10:45 AM | Kelly Keyes

Quantitative Assessment of Five Hair Drug Testing Laboratories With A Commercial Hair Reference Material 
11:00 - 11:15 AM | Dale Hart, Svante Vikingsson, Ruth Winecker

Crime Laboratory Quality Assurance Insights from the 2020 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories
11:30 - 11:45 AM | Jeri Ropero-Miller, Erin Forry, Hope Smiley-McDonald

Building Laboratory Infrastructure – Recent Findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2020 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Hope Smiley-McDonald, Kathryn Greenwell, Jeri Ropero-Miller

Turn RIGHT - A Roadmap to Improving Research and Technology Transition in Forensic Science
12:00 - 12:15 PM | Jeri Ropero-Miller, Rebecca Shute, Gabrielle DiEmma, Cody Sorrell

Emergency Infrastructure and Response Among the Nation's Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices: Data from the 2018 CMEC
1:45 - 2:00 PM | Micaela Ascolese, Kelly Keyes, Jeri Ropero-Miller, Sean Wire, Hope Smiley-McDonald

2022 NFLIS Medical Examiner and Coroner (MEC) Survey Findings
3:00 - 3:15 PM | Kelly Keyes, Katherine Bollinger, Hope Smiley-McDonald, Megan Waggy, Devon Cribb