Just Science
Summary: RTI International’s Center for Forensic Science presents Just Science, a podcast for forensic science professionals and anyone with an interest in learning more about how real crime laboratories are working to do their job better, produce more accurate results, become more efficient, and solve more crimes. This podcast deals with a range of issues, including leadership in the crime lab, new technologies, sexual assault response, and broader challenges for science and public security. We cover every type of forensic discipline, including DNA, fingerprints, trace evidence, toxicology, controlled substances, crime scene investigation, and much more! The first season of Just Science was developed by RTI International through the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, a program of the National Institute of Justice, United States Department of Justice and funded in part through cooperative agreement [2016-MU-BX-K110].
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In the second episode of our medicolegal death investigation special release season, Just Science interviews John Fudenberg, the Coroner for Clark County, Nevada. Listen along as Just Science explores commonalities and differences between the coroner and medical examiner systems to highlight pervading issues and possible improvements within the MDI community. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In the first episode of our medicolegal death investigation special release season, Just Science interviews Kelly Keyes, the supervising deputy coroner of Orange County, California to give an overview about the coroners and medical examiners professions and to identify key topics for discussion in the fields today. Listen along as our host Dr John Morgan, and our guest co-host Dr. Jeri Ropero-Miller, talk around staffing issues, available resources for identifying missing and unidentified remains, and the vicarious trauma experienced within the community. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode ten of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Molly Dix about the key role that innovation advisors play in transitioning technology into practice. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode nine of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Erica Fornaro where she discusses all of the ways the center is trying to reach forensic professionals. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode eight of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Dr. Kelle Berrick about the social impact of forensic technologies. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode seven of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Sarah Norsworthy, Nichole Bynum, and Katherine Moore. Listen along as we learn about their forensic backgrounds and the valuable knowledge they bring to the center. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode six of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Heidi Eldridge, who discusses her unusual background and her path to becoming a researcher at RTI and a PhD candidate at the University of Lausanne. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode five of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Dr. Megan Grabenauer, where she discusses her chemistry research background and current NIJ grant. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
Listen to learn more about Dr. John Morgan’s past with the NIJ and how that aligns with the FTCoE mission by providing evidence-based resources about forensic technologies and emerging challenges. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In the sixth episode of the 2018 R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. Michael Edge of UC Davis about his research with record linkage of CODIS profiles with SNP genotypes. Can you tell if a set of CODIS markers and a set of SNP genotypes match the same person? Just science discusses with Doc the possibilities of linkages between CODIS and SNPs databases for identity and familial matching, and dispel preconceptions associated with them. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In the fifth episode of our 2018 NIJ R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. Jamie Wieland and Dr. Christopher Mulligan of Illinois State University about assessing the impact of implementing portable mass spectrometers for on-site drug evidence processing. Listen along as Just Science explores cross-disciplinary research to determine the analytical, legal, and fiscal impacts of adopting drug screening protocols using portable mass spectrometers in the field. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
In episode four of the 2018 NIJ R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. Shamsi Berry, from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, about her research with standardizing a large-scale, whole-body CT image database. In 2010 the Office of the Medical Investigator for New Mexico was awarded an NIJ grant where they did high-resolution whole-body CT scans. Fast forward six years later where another NIJ grant was awarded to create a free-access Decedent CT Database from those whole body CTs. There will be over 15,000 autopsies that captures key data and whole-body CT images, which will be an invaluable resource to forensic researchers when it releases in late 2018. This episode of Just Science is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.
