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Current Trends in Forensic Science - Annual Conference

 
19th Annual
CURRENT TRENDS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
December 9-11, 2009
Texas Health Harris Methodist Training Center,
Rutledge Auditorium
1301 Pennsylvania Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
 
 
   NOTE: Due to limited space attendance is restricted to 200.
Please register early 
 
INTERESTED VENDORS:  PLEASE CONTACT MARK FONDREN 817-212-6957 wmfondren@tarrantcounty.com
 
 
                                                                 
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 
                                               
11:00 am – 5:00 pm    Check in and Registration
 
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm      Opening Remarks,  Dr. Nizam Peerwani
 
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm       Zachariah Award of Excellence in Forensic Science
 
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm       The NAS Report, Ronald Singer, M.S.
 
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm        Break
 
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm       Current Trends in Drug Chemistry, Christina Coucke, M.S.
 
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm       Suicide by Ethanol Ingestion, Connie Lewis, B.S.
 
3:40 pm- 4:00 pm        Forensic Biology, Jennifer Valentine, M.S.
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm      Investigation of in-Custody Deaths Nizam Peerwani, M.D. & Legal
                                 Issues in Taser Cases,  Roger Metcalf, D.D.S, J.D.
 
                                
Thursday, December 10, 2009
 
Breakout Sessions:
Attendees will choose ONE morning and ONE afternoon session
Class size is limited and granted on a first come first serve basis
 
8:45 am–12:15 pm                        
Back to Basics 
Trauma, Unexpected Deaths, and other
Medical Examiner Issues
TCME Forensic Pathology Staff
 
Join in as two TCME doctors take you on a back-to-basics look at issues confronted daily in the Medical Examiner’s office. The forensic pathologists will provide instruction and insight into how they handle trauma, unexplained deaths, and other unusual casework.  
                                                                                 
OR:
 
8:30 am–12:00 pm        
Evidence Recognition, Preservation and Collection
in Emergency and Operating Room Settings
                                           Patricia C. Eddings, B.S. and Kelly L. Belcher, M.S.
 
The attendee will gain insight into the many diverse types of evidentiary materials that are present on patients in the emergency and operating room settings.  The focus of this session is training law enforcement and hospital personnel in the recognition, preservation and collection of these types of valuable evidence which are often overlooked and/or destroyed.
 
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm   Lunch (provided)
 
1:30 pm–5:00 pm                           
Back to Basics
Trauma, Unexpected Deaths, and other
                                                Medical Examiner Issues                                     
TCME Forensic Pathology Staff
 
Similar to the morning session, this back-to-basics perspective will utilize two alternate pathologists’ viewpoints on issues faced daily in the Medical Examiner’s office. The doctors will provide instruction and insight into how they handle trauma, unexplained deaths, and other unusual casework. 
 
OR:
 
1:30 pm–5:00 pm                        
Sipping for Science
A Controlled Alcohol Dosing Study
Susan R. Howe, PhD,  D. Michelle O’Neal, B.S.,
Neal Maranto, Traffic Sergeant, North Richland Hills Police Dept.,
Maurice E. Dennis, PhD, Senior Research Scientist and Professor Emeritus,
Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies, Texas A&M University
 
Drunk driving kills tens of thousands of people each year.  Watch as we dose six participants with alcohol to achieve a legal limit of intoxication, demonstrate the operation of the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath testing instrument, and have our drinkers perform standardized field sobriety tests.  Discussion of alcohol absorption and metabolism, real-world driving studies, and an overview of the Drug Recognition Expert program will also be included in this interactive session.
Proposed Schedule  
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Neal Maranto, Traffic Sargeant, North Richland Hills PD "DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing"

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Interactive demonstration of Intoxilyzer instrumentation; Performance of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests by individuals dosed to an alcohol level of 0.1 gm%

3:15 pm – 3:45pm Break

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Dr Maurice Dennis, Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute, Center for Transportation Safety"Alcohol and Driving Impairment"

  

Friday, December 11, 2009
 
8:30 am–12:00 pm 
Death Investigation and the Crime Scene 
From Basic Techniques to Cutting Edge Technology
Patricia C. Eddings, B. S. and Kelly L. Belcher, M.S.
 
It all starts at the crime scene and this session will outline the basic steps that a death-related crime scene must progress through to be adequately processed.  The session will then fast forward and present new technologies that can assist the death investigator, the crime scene investigator and the detective as they attempt to investigate their case.
 
 
For more information please contact Michelle O'Neal at the Medical Examiner's Office.
Email Address: doneal@tarrantcounty.com Telephone Number: 817 920 5700 ext. 163.
 
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This symposium is designed to meet the educational needs of Law Enforcement Agents, Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys, Justices Of the Peace, Medical Professionals and others in the Medicolegal Investigation Systems. The goal of the seminar is to provide attorneys, physicians and law enforcement agencies an understanding of the operation of the Medical Examiner’s Office including formulation, investigation and interpretation of death scenes, autopsy, investigation and laboratory results.  This is accomplished by using appropriate presentations and audience participation.
 
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