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2016 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 22-27, 2016	Las Vegas, NV	ANTHROPOLOGY	Infant Bone Health: An evaluation of quantitative ultrasound	The Status of Unidentified Decedent Cold Cases at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences from 1957 to 2015	The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board Accreditation of the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences’ Forensic Anthropology Division					Miriam E. Soto-Martinez, Ph.D. \| Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D. \| Weilu Han, MPH \| Poster Session	Cate E. Bird, Ph.D. \| Sharon M. Derrick, Ph.D. \| Deborrah C. Pinto, Ph.D. \| Jason M. Wiersema, Ph.D. \| Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D.	Christian Crowder, Ph.D. \| Michal L. Pierce, M.S. \| Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.					CRIMINALISTICS	“I Dropped Acid.” “No, You Didn’t.” A Retrospective Study of NBOMe Emergence in Harris County, Texas	Total Imaging Analysis of Paint	Identification of Regioisomers Via Gas Chromatography Coupled with Vapor-Phase Infrared Detection	Characterization of Performance-Enhancing Peptides via Ambient Ionization Time-of-Flight/Mass Spectrometry	Success Rates from Touch DNA in Property Crimes	Warren C. Samms, Ph.D. \| Donna E. Williams, B.S. \| Kay McClain, B.S. \| Poster Presentation	William M. Davis, Ph.D. \| Roger Kahn, Ph.D.	Janice L. Aleman, B.S. \| Jesse M. Zavala, M.S. \| Kyle E. Vircks, M.S. \| Warren C. Samms, Ph.D.	Kyle E. Vircks, M.S. \| Jesse M. Zavala, M.S. \| Robert B. Cody, Ph.D. \| Warren C. Samms, Ph.D. \| Roger Kahn, Ph.D.	Tammy Taylor, M.S. \| Michael A. Donley, M.S. \| Diana Gonzales, M.S. \| Nikia S. Redmond, MSFS \| Katherine Welch, MSFS \| Roger Kahn, Ph.D.	The Value in Integrating Emergency Management and Forensic Death Investigation at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	Smartphone Uses in Medicolegal Death Investigation	An Application of Gunshot Residue as Trace Evidence	Motor Vehicle Crash or Auto-Pedestrian: Are stranded motorists left “stranded?”			Jason Wiersema, Ph.D. \| Allison Woody, M.S. \| Phong Nguyen, B.A. \| Roxanne Phatak, M.S. \| Poster Presentation	Kathryn H. Haden-Pinneri, M.D. \| Bethany L. Bless, M.S. \| Poster Presentation	Jason L. Schroeder, M.S., MBA \| William M. Davis, Ph.D. \| Roger Kahn, Ph.D.	Stacy A. Drake, MPH, Ph.D. \| Dwayne A. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D. \| Poster Presentation			GENERAL	PATHOLOGY/BIOLOGY	Nerve Root and Dorsal Root Ganglia Hemorrhage as an Indicator of Pediatric Traumatic Head Injury	Defining “Mass Fatality Incident” for Medicolegal Jurisdictions in the United States: A planning tool	Custodial Suicides: A review of suicides of incarcerated persons investigated by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences over a 10-year period	Emergency Management, Death Investigation, and Pathology of a Mass Fatality Industrial Workplace Accident: The La Porte, Texas, Dupont® Plant Incident	Indoor vs. Outdoor Forensic Entomology: Exploring the Differences, Challenges and Opportunities of Indoor Scenes	A Quantitative Assessment of Peri-Mortem Blunt Force Trauma of the Neck			TOXICOLOGY	Marianne E Beynon, M.D. \| Miriam E. Soto-Martinez, Ph.D. \| Jo Elle G. Peterson \| Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D. \| Dwayne A. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D. \| Glenn D. Sandberg, M.D.	Jason M. Wiersema, Ph.D. \| Allison Woody, M.S. \| Frank DePaolo, B.S. \| Emily Carroll \| Adriana M. Fernandez, B.S. \| Rachel Canfield, B.A. \| Poster Presentation	Sara N. Doyle, M.D. \| Sharon M. Derrick, Ph.D.	Pramod Gumpeni, M.D. \| Jason M. Wiersema, Ph.D. \| Allison Woody, M.S.	Michelle R. Sanford, Ph.D.	Deborrah C. Pinto, Ph.D. \| Deanna Oleske, M.D.			Quetiapine Stability as It Relates to the Time Frames of Case Studies	A Case of Death by Diclazepam: Lorazepam in Disguise				Mariah D. Carson, B.S. \| Jeffrey Walterscheid, Ph.D. \| Poster Presentation	Fessessework Guale, DVM \| Warren C. Samms, Ph.D. \| Jeffrey Walterscheid, Ph.D. \| Dana L. Hopson, M.D.																																		Approved
2015 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 16-21, 2015	Orlando, FL	ANTHROPOLOGY	Estimating the Postmortem Interval: A Validation Study of the Total Body Scoring Method Using Medicolegal Cases from Southeast Texas	Standardized Descriptive Method for the Anthropological Evaluation of Fractures of the Adult Neurocranium	Healing Rates of Antemortem Injuries to Bone	Theoretical Foundation of Child Abuse Recognition				Derek A. Boyd, B.A., 2014 Forensic Anthropology Summer Intern \| Poster Session	Jason M. Wiersema, Ph.D. \| Poster Session	Lara E. McCormick, Ph.D., 2014 Forensic Anthropology Fellow	Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D. \| Miriam E. Soto Martinez, M.A., Forensic Anthropology Research Fellow				CRIMINALISTICS	Gunshot Residue on Evidence Packaging	Forensic DNA Collection at Death Scenes	The Validation of a Statistical Tool for the Analysis of DNA Mixtures			Mustapha Zein, B.S., 2014 Trace Evidence Laboratory Summer Intern \| Poster Session	Zury Phillips, M.S.	Dustin Foley, M.S.			Breaking Glass: Case Review of an In-Hospital Suicide	Bleeding Out: A Case of Mistaken Homicide	Analysis of Suicide Locations in Harris County, Texas				Bethany L. Bless, M.S., LBSW \| Poster Session	Bethany L. Bless, M.S., LBSW	Gavin M. Schmidt, B.S.				GENERAL	PATHOLOGY/BIOLOGY	Factors Related to Body Temperature From Scene to Autopsy: Implications for Forensic Entomology	Poor Man’s Methadone: A Case Report of Loperamide Toxicity	A Fatal Case of Reye’s Syndrome Associated with Pepto-Bismol®	Next Generation Sequencing Technology for the Identification of Genetic Markers Associated with Sudden Unexplained Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	Worked to Death: A Detailed Discussion of At-Work Deaths in Harris County, Texas				TOXICOLOGY	Michelle R. Sanford, Ph.D.	Jennifer Dierksen, M.D., 2014 Forensic Pathology Resident	Sasha Osbourne, M.D., 2014-15 Forensic Pathology Fellow	Roger Kahn, Ph.D.	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, M.D.				Characterization of AB-FUBINACA Metabolites in Rat Urine by Liquid Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry	Sleeping with the Enemy: Zolpidem in Driving Under the Influence and Postmortem Cases	Case Study: A Suicide Death by Sotalol Overdose	Asphyxia Due to Inhalation of Hydrogen Gas	Characterizations of AB-PINACA, AB-FUBINACA, and Metabolites Identified in Driving Under the Influence and Postmortem Cases by Liquid Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry	Ashraf Mozayani, PharmD, Ph.D. \| Jeffrey Walterscheid, Ph.D.	Charlotte A. Baker, Ph.D.	Autumn Massiello, Ph.D., 2013-14 Forensic Toxicology Fellow \| Jeffrey Walterscheid, Ph.D.	Anna Kelly, Ph.D.	Michael Chen, Ph.D.	HCIFS WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION	Mass Fatality Incidents: An Integrated Approach	Ancestry Estimation in the 21st Century	RADid: Using Radiologic Technologies to Identify Unknown Decedents			Christian Crowder, Ph.D., Chair and Presenter	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, M.D., Presenter	Sharon M. Derrick, Ph.D., Co-Chair and Presenter																						Approved
2014 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 17-22, 2014	Seattle, WA	CRIMINALISTICS	Background Gunshot Residue - A Statistical Analysis	Differentiation of Regioisomeric Alpha-Methyltryptamine (AMT; 3-(2-Aminopropyl)indole) and 5-IT (5-(2-Aminopropyl)indole)	Differentiation and Thermal Degradation of Synthetic Cathinone Regioisomers During Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Analysis	Mitigating Risk in the Forensic Drug Chemistry Laboratory				William M. Davis, Ph.D.	Rebecca J. McCullough, B.S. \| Poster Session \| 2013 Summer Intern	Rebecca J. McCullough, B.S. \| Poster Session \| 2013 Summer Intern	Warren C. Samms, Ph.D.				GENERAL	Scenes Are Not What They Seem! A Case Study	Stepping Into Squalor: Scene Investigation of Decedents Who Lived in an Extremely Cluttered or Squalid Residence at the Time of Their Death	Comparative Analysis of the Public Health Role of Two Death Investigation Systems in Texas: Application of Essential Services	Four-Legged Victim or Violent Predator: Can Necropsies Aid in Court Cases?	Mentoring Forensics: An Explosive Application	Patricia C. Smith, B.A.	Ellie Wallace, M.S.	Stacy A. Drake, MSN, MPH	Patricia C. Smith, B.A.	Jason L. Schroeder, M.S., MBA \| Poster Session	Ethylene Glycol Toxicity: Death Before Calcium Oxalate Crystal Deposition	Subdural Hemorrhage as Postmortem Artifact: Characterization of Non-Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhages Identified at Autopsy	Ganglia and Nerve Root Hemorrhage in Cases of Pediatric Blunt Head Injury	Forensic Entomology at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences	Envenomation and Degranulation: A Case Report of Sudden Death Following Copperhead Snakebite and Evaluation of Toluidine Blue as a Diagnostic Tool in the Diagnosis of Kounis Syndrome	Postmortem Distribution of 25I-NBOMe After Acute Fatal Toxicity	Deanna Oleske, M.D. \| Pathology Resident	Albert Y. Chu, M.D.	Jo Elle G. Peterson, M.D. \| Neuropathology Fellow	Michelle R. Sanford, Ph.D.	Victoria Sorokin, M.D. \| Pathology Fellow	Jeffrey P. Walterscheid, Ph.D.	PATHOLOGY/BIOLOGY	TOXICOLOGY	Determination of GHB in Blood and Urine Using GC/MS/MS Without Derivatization	Recent Trends of Designer Drugs in Harris County, Texas	Screening for Drugs and Metabolites in Hair Specimens by LC/TOF/MS						PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Joseph A. Cox, B.S. \| Poster Session \| 2013 Summer Intern	Fessessework Guale, DVM	Autumn Massiello, Ph.D. \| Toxicology Fellow						Standardized Descriptive Method for the Anthropological Evaluation of Pediatric Skull Fractures	Effective Use of Metadata in the Identification of Skeletal Remains With Weak DNA Kinship-Index Results				Jason M. Wiersema, Ph.D. \| Poster Session	Sharon M. Derrick, Ph.D.																																		Approved
2013 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 18-23, 2013	Washington, D.C.	PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Retrospective Study of Skull Fractures Observed Following Terminal Falls	Use of Silver Nitrate Stain to Visualize Microanatomical Features in Decalcified Bone Cross-Sections	Testing a New Computer-Assisted Forensic Identification Method Developed Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration					Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D.	Deborrah C. Pinto, Ph.D.	Michelle H. Raxter, Ph.D.					TOXICOLOGY	Toxicology Results of Drivers of Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents in Harris County, Texas in 2011	Simultaneous Analysis of Opiates and Acetaminophen With Noscapine Monitoring	Detection of Volatiles in Postmortem Samples by Headspace Gas Chromatography With Mass Spectrometry	Stability of Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts) in Toxicology Specimens		Fessessework G. Guale, DVM	Michael Chen, Ph.D.	Charlotte A. Baker, Ph.D.	Jeffrey P. Walterscheid, Ph.D.		The Contribution of a Digital Fingerprint Protocol to the Medicolegal and Mass Fatality Contexts	Blast Injuries in a Non-Military Setting: Findings and Future Implications	Ruptured Intracerebral Arteriovenous Malformations, Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease, and Acute Hypertensive Effects of Stimulants: Is There a Direct Link?	Routine Postmortem Cultures in Infant Autopsies: A Four Year Experience			Jason M. Wiersema, Ph.D.	Pramod Gumpeni, M.D.	Dwayne A. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D.	Kristin C. Escobar Alvarenga, M.D.			PATHOLOGY/BIOLOGY	NIJ GRANTEES MEETING	Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Saw Mark Analysis								CRIMINALISTICS	Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D.								Evaluation of Half Reaction Volumes of the AmpFlSTR® Identifier® Plus Forensic Amplification Kit in STR Analysis	Comparative Evaluation of Methods to Remove Exogenous DNA From Tooth Samples	Results of DNA Processing of Unselected Sexual Assault Evidence	Evaluation of Pressure Cycling Treatment on Barocycler® NEP3229 for Extraction of Low Template Forensic DNA Samples		Rebecca S. Mikulasovich, M.S.	Kelly DeSouza, B.S.	Sarah Kelley, B.S.	Rebecca S. Mikulasovich, M.S.		GENERAL	Assisted Suicide and the Next of Kin Rights	Managing Mass Fatality Incident Response: Concept of Operations and Field Operating Guides for an Integrated Regional Response to Mass Fatality Incidents	No Family Left Alone: The Family Assistance Unit Within the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences			Bethany L. Bless, M.S.	David A. Boyer, MFS	Bethany L. Bless, M.S.			WORKSHOP	Beyond the Numbers: An Objective Approach to Forensic Toxicological Interpretation	Bones and Children: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Forensic Issues	Principles and Applications of Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) for the Forensic Toxicologist	Kathryn H. Haden-Pinneri, M.D. (Presenter)	Kathryn H. Haden-Pinneri, M.D. (Co-Chair and Presenter) \| Jennifer C. Love, Ph.D. (Presenter)	Jeffrey P. Walterscheid, Ph.D. (Chair and Presenter) \| Michael Chen, Ph.D. (Presenter)													Approved
2012 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 20-24, 2012	Atlanta, GA	CRIMINALISTICS	An Investigation of Trace DNA in Binding Materials and Clothing on Decedents in Simulated Crime Scenes	A Sample Tracking System to Automate and Increase Workflow in a Forensic DNA Casework Lab	Capturing the Moment: Photographing Low Level Signals from Serological Testing of Swabs and Cartridges	Vacuum-Based GSR Recovery	Alternative Sexual Assault Kit Processing	Herbal Incense and Bath Salts Cases in Harris County		Jonathan Lai, BSc	Cindi L. Hricko, MS	Francesca M. Daher, BA	William M. Davis, PhD	Christy Smejkal, MS	Warren C. Samms, PhD		PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Forensic Anthropology Fellowship Training Model	Validation Study of Microscopic Analysis of Saw Marks in Bone	Ongoing Development of the Novel Computer-Assisted Radiograph Identification Method			Jennifer C. Love, PhD, D-ABFA (Presenting for Deborrah Pinto, PhD)	Jennifer C. Love, PhD, D-ABFA	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD			County Burial: A Look at the Final Resting Place of Unclaimed and Unidentified Remains	Advancing Forensics Through Training: Police Transition Teams	Assessing the Need for Family Assistance Services Within the Medical Examiner System	Medicolegal Elderly Death Trends Within Harris County: Are Changes in Practice Warranted?			Patricia C. Smith, BA, D-ABMDI	Jason L. Schroeder, MS, MBA	Bethany L. Bless, MS, LSW	Stacy A. Drake, MSN, MPH, RN			GENERAL	PATHOLOGY/BIOLOGY	Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis as a Cause of Rapid and Unexpected Death	Histologic Variation in Cardiac Rupture Complicating Myocardial Infarction: A Forensic Experience	Firearm Suicide Demographics in Harris County	When Hospitals Fail to Report Deaths in Medical Examiner Jurisdiction: What Are We Missing?	Correlation of Antemortem and Postmortem Retinal Hemorrhages in Children				WORKSHOP	Ana E. Lopez, MD; Cory J. Broehm, MD	Brandy L. Shattuck, MD	Brandy L. Shattuck, MD	Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD				Workshop: Preparation and Strategic Planning for Accreditation of Forensic Laboratories Based on the ISO/IEC 17025 International Standard					Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD (Chair & Presenter)					MULTIDISCIPLINARY SESSION	Increasing Efficiency in the Autopsy Suite: Rapid Drug Screening on Pericardial Fluid					Pramod Gumpeni, MD					TOXICOLOGY	Driving Under Impairment with Hydrocodone, Carisoprodol, Topiramate, and Phenytoin	Two Fatalities, Survival Driver, and Topiramate	Forensic Toxicology Fellowship Training Model	Yuanwei Gao, BS	Michael Chen, PhD	Anna Kelly, PhD	NFSTC SPECIAL PROJECTS	Creating an Accredited Paperless Forensic Laboratory Digital Handbook		Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Warren Samms, PhD; Carol Andrews, MBA; William Davis, PhD									Approved
2011 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 21-26, 2011	Chicago, IL	CRIMINALISTICS	Interesting Case - XO Male in Forensic Casework	Two Case Studies of Controlled Substances Laboratories Using Custom Macros and Commercial LIMS-Based Paperless Systems Under ACSLD/LAB-International Accreditation Requirements	Surfactant Pyrolysis Products: Implications for Fire Debris Analysis	Evaluation of Deparaffinization Techniques and DNA Extraction Methods for Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue	Using the Autoclave for DNA Decontamination of Consumables for use in Low Template DNA Testing			Robin Freeman, MS	Mark D. Dixon, BS	William M. Davis, PhD	Jennifer Petrash, MS (Presented by Lisa Gefrides, MS)	Michael A. Donley, MS			DIGITAL AND MULTIMEDIA SCIENCES	Finding Light After Dark: Low Light Photography for Forensic Investigators					Francesca M. Daher, BA					Incorporating Forensic Nursing Education Into Undergraduate Nursing Programs: A Simulation Approach	The Killer Economy					Stacy A. Drake, MSN, MPH	Bethany L. Bless, MS					GENERAL	LAST WORD SOCIETY	New Identifications in the Houston Mass Murder Cases of 1973								MULTIDISCIPLINARY SESSION	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD								Helium Detection in Postmortem Specimens	Ethylene Glycol Fatalities: A New Look at Interpretation				Anna T. Kelly, PhD	Jefferey P. Walterscheid, PhD				PATHOLOGY / BIOLOGY	DNA Extraction From Paraffin Blocks: Organ Selection and Pre-Embedding Fixation Times - Practical Implications for Forensic Pathologists	A Comparison of Trauma Associated with Manual and Automated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	Pathologic and Anthropologic Manifestations of Documented Repetitive Blunt Trauma in a Child Abuse Case	The Utility of Skeletal Examination in Recognition of Occult Skeletal Injury	Transition to Digital Technology in the Forensic Morgue: Lessons Learned on the Pathway to Greater Efficiency (Digital X-rays, Fingerprinting, and Photography)	Alex John, MD	Deborrah C. Pinto, PhD	Pramod Gumpeni, MD	Jason M. Wiersema, PhD	Jason M. Wiersema, PhD	PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	CPR Fractures in Infants: When Do They Occur?	New Method of Identification Based on Computer-Assisted Radiograph Comparison		Miriam E. Soto, MA	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD		TOXICOLOGY	CPR Fractures in Infants: When Do They Occur?	New Method of Identification Based on Computer-Assisted Radiograph Comparison	Miriam E. Soto, MA	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD	TOXICOLOGY	Alcohol Analysis in the 21st Century: Analysis, Reporting, and Interpretation	Toxicological Analysis of Synthetic Cannabinomimetic Spice Drugs	LC/MS/MS Determinations of Hydrocodone and Hydromorphone in Oral Fluid, Urine, and Hair After Short-Term Therapy	Anna T. Kelly, PhD	Francisco I. Ortiz, BS	Jeffrey P. Walterscheid, PhD	Approved
2010 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 22-27, 2010	Seattle, WA	CRIMINALISTICS (Forensic Biology/DNA)	An Efficient, Systematic Approach to Serology Screening of Sexual Assault Evidence	Characterizing DNA Contamination on the Outer Packaging of Forensic Biology Evidence	Touch DNA From Property Crimes - CODIS Success Stories	The Effectiveness of Bleach for Eliminating Contaminating DNA on Laboratory Surfaces	Validating the Use of a Human and Male Specific Quantitation Kit to Establish Minimum Amplifiable Quantities for Autosomal and Y-STRs	Development and Implementation of a Custom Paperless LIMS Serology Module		Katherine Welch, MSFS	Rhonda C. Williams, PhD	Nikia S. Redmond, MSFS	Diana Gonzales, MS	Kevin J. MacMillan, MS	Anna Timanova, PhD		CRIMINALISTICS (Controlled Substances)	Confirmatory Analysis of Selected Controlled Substances by DART-TOF Mass Spectrometry					Warren C. Samms, PhD					Cognitive Contamination in Medicolegal Death Investigations	Seeing Is BeLeeding	Picking on the Elderly: An Unfair Fight - Elder Abuse and Neglect Through the Death Investigator’s Eyes	Use of Dolls in Reenactments in Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigations	Where is Your Family Member?: Harris County Medical Examiner Office’s Innovative Approach to Locating Next of Kin		Daniel Morgan, MS	Matthew Doyle, BSN	Lauralee A. Veitch, ADN	Terri O’Shea, MSFS	Michele L. Hunt, BS		GENERAL (Investigations)	PATHOLOGY / BIOLOGY	Pediatric Deaths in Harris County	Utility of Large Bowel Examination in Medicolegal Death Investigation	The Evolving Distribution of Cause and Manner of Death in HIV-Positive Medicolegal Cases: Links Between ART and Traditional Categories of Chronic Disease	A Case of Anaphylactoid Syndrome of Pregnancy					PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Kathryn H. Haden-Pinneri, MD	Michael R. Condron, MD	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Jennifer C. Love, PhD	Jennifer L. Shuttlesworth, MD					Objective Interpretation of the Striation Pattern Observed in Experimentally Cut Costal Cartilage					Jennifer C. Love, PhD					TOXICOLOGY	Phencyclidine (PCP) in Fatally Injured Drivers and DUID Arrests in Harris County, Texas	An HPLC/MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Determination of Three Opiates and Three Benzodiazepines in Postmortem Blood				Fessessework Guale, DVM	Shaohan Zhao, PhD																							Approved
2009 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 16-21, 2009	Denver, CO	WORKSHOPS	International Accreditation of Forensic Laboratories							Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Mark Mogle, BS; Luis A. Sanchez, MD; Alja Einseln, MS; Justice Tettey							CRIMINALISTICS	Recovery of Contact DNA from Handled Handguns	Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide Pre-Treatment on the Results of the Subsequent Phenolphthalein Presumptive Test for Blood	A Y-STR Mixture Frequency Estimator in Forenisic Casework	Brake Pad Friction Particles: SEM-EDX Analysis and Comparison to Gunshot Residue		Mounir Moudouni, MS; Lisa Gefrides, MS; Michael Donley, MS; Kimberly Kerlec, BS; Roger Kahn, PhD; Rhonda Clark, PhD	Anna Timanova, PhD; Lisa Gefrides, MS; Katherine Welch, MS; Roger Kahn, PhD	Lisa Gefrides, MS; Kevin MacMillan, MS; Cindi Klein, MS; Roger Kahn, PhD; Lyn Fatolitis, BS; Jack Ballantyne, PhD	William M. Davis, PhD; Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD; Colin C. Anderson, BS		Recent Developments in the Ongoing Saga of the Houston Mass Murders						Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Jennifer Love, PhD; Jason Wiersema, PhD; Ruth Mathis; Luis A. Sanchez, MD						LAST WORD SOCIETY	PATHOLOGY / BIOLOGY	Postmortem Recognition of Sickle Cell Trait	Suicide by Hanging in Harris County, Texas	AutoPulse Associated Injuries	Sudden Deaths Associated with Sexual Activity					PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Sara N. Doyle, MD	Sara N. Doyle, MD; Sharon M. Derrick, PhD	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD; Jennifer Love, PhD; Roger A. Mitchell, MD	Albert Y. Chu, MD; Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez; MD					The Role of the HCMEO Forensic Anthropology Division in Scientific Identification	Forensic Pathology and Anthropology: A Collaborative Effort	Supra-Inion Depressions in a Pediatric Medical Examiner Sample: Support for a Synergy of Developmental and Biomechanical Etiologies			Jason Wiersema, PhD; Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Jennifer Love, PhD; Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Jennifer Love, PhD; Jason Wiersema, PhD; Sharon M. Derrick, PhD	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD			TOXICOLOGY	Postmortem Analysis of Cocain, Benzodiazepines, Opiates, and SSRI's in Hair	6-Monoacetylmorphine Confirmation by Liquid Chromatographic Tandem Mass Spectrometric Determination of 6-Monoacetylmorphine and Noscapine in Vitreous Humor				Jeffery P. Walterscheid, PhD; Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Terry Danielson, PhD; Christine Moore, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Jeffery P. Walterscheid, PhD; Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Terry Danielson, PhD; Shaohan Zhao, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD																							Approved
2008 National Association of Medical Examiners	September 5-10, 2008	Louisville, KY	42nd ANNUAL N.A.M.E. MEETING PRESENTATIONS	Undetermined Cause and Manner of Death After Organ/Tissue Donation	Huffing Air Conditioner Fluid: A Cool Way to Die?	Solving the Elusive Puzzle of the Unidentified Immigrant Decedent					Dwayne Wolf, M.D.	Darshan Phatak, M.D.	Sharon Derrick, Ph.D. : Presenter \| Jennifer Love, Ph.D. : Co-author																																																																																							Approved
2008 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 18-23, 2008	Washington, DC	CRIMINALISTICS	The Use of Standardized Microsoft® Office Excel Templates for Forensic Casework to Reduce Human Error and Analyst Time	Validation of BIOMEX 3000 for DNA Extraction, Quantitation and PCR Set-up						Kevin MacMillan, MS; Roger Kahn, PhD	Mark Powell, MS; Rhonda Clark, PhD; Kevin J. MacMillan, MS; Lisa Gefrides, MS; Roger Kahn, PhD						GENERAL	Cars Gone Wild: Auto-Pedestrian Homicides in Harris County					Luisa F. Florez, MD; Kathryn H. Haden-Pinneri, MD; Merrill O. Hines III, MD; Stephen K. Wilson, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD; Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Sara N. Chauvin, MD					Cold Case (20 Year Old) Solved with Aid of Bite Mark						Paul G. Stimson, DDS						ODONTOLOGY	PATHOLOGY/ BIOLOGY	Ethyl Chloride Toxicity in a Case of Unsuspecting Abuse	Recognizing Classic Metaphyseal Lesions in Child Abuse: An Autopsy Technique	What Lies Beneath: An Unusual Congenital Anomaly in an Assault Victim	A Diagnosis of Chagas Disease at Autopsy					PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Valerie S. Green, MD; Stephen K. Wilson, MD; Terry J. Danielson, PhD; Ashraf Mozayani, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Jennifer C. Love, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Kathryn H. Haden-Pinneri, MD; Jason M. Wiersema, PhD; Jennifer C. Love, PhD	Ana E. Lopez, MD; L. Maximiliam Buja, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD					Practical Considerations of the Daubert Guidelines on Methods of Identification in the Medical Examiner Setting	The Utility of the Identification Unit Concept in the Medical Examiner Setting				Jason M. Wiersema, PhD; Jennifer C. Love, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Jason M. Wiersema, PhD; Ruth Mathis; Jennifer C. Love, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD				TOXICOLOGY	DART-TOF Applications in Toxicology and Controlled Substances	Interpretation of Fentanyl in Postmortem Cases				Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Mark D. Dixon, BS; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Terry Danielson, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD																							Approved
2007 Southwestern Association of Toxicologists (SAT)	November 8-10, 2007	Galveston, TX	S.A.T. FALL MEETING PRESENTATIONS	Evaluation of Unexpected Peaks in Headspace Gas Chromatography	Determination of Sildenafil (Viagra TM) in Post-Mortem Tissues by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry	Post-Mortem Hair Testing: Our Approach Using Post-Mortem Tissues by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry	Measurement of Ion Suppression During LC/MS/MS Determination of Methadone and Methodone Metabolite				Glenna Thomas, B.S.; Terry J. Danielson, Ph.D.; Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT	John Nguyen, B.S.; Terry J. Danielson, Ph.D.; Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT; Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.	Jeffrey P. Walterscheid, Ph.D.; Shaohan Zhao, Ph.D.; Terry J. Danielson, Ph.D.; Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT; Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.	Terry J. Danielson, Ph.D.; Glenn Schott, B.S.; Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT																																																																																						Approved
2007 Society of Forensic Toxicology (SOFT)	October 15-19, 2007	Raleigh-Durham, NC	S.O.F.T ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS	Application of Fast GC-MS in the Analysis of Opiates	Determination of Cocain, Cocoathylene and Benzolyecgonine in Blood and Brain by LC-MS/MS						Fessesswork Guale, D.V.M.; Terry J. Danielson, Ph.D.; Ashraf Mozayani, Ph.D., D-ABFT	Terry J. Danielson, Ph.D.; Linda Alvarado, B.Sc; Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT; Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.																																																																																								Approved
2007 National Association of Medical Examiners	October 12-17, 2007	Savannah, GA	41st ANNUAL N.A.M.E. MEETING PRESENTATIONS	Accidental Trauma Simulating Child Abuse	Beyond the Skeleton: Why Every Large Medical Examiner's Office Needs an On-Site Forensic Anthropologist	Sickle Cell Trait as an Underlying Cause of Death					Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, M.D.	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, M.D. :Presenter \| Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.; Jennifer Love, Ph.D. :Co-authors	Mary Anzalone, M.D. :Presenter \|																																																																																							Approved
2007 International Association for Identification (IAI)	July 22-28, 2007	San Diego, CA	2007 ANNUAL I.A.I. CONFERENCE PRESENTATION	Recovery of Human Remains: Recognition and Documentation of Evidence for Forensic Anthropology Analysis							Jennifer Love, Ph.D																																																																																									Approved
2007 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 19-24, 2007	San Antonio, TX	CRIMINALISTICS	Laboratory Gunshot Residue Contamination Study: Part II							Jason L. Schroeder, BS; James L. Jackson, BS; Roger Kahn, PhD; Ashraf Mozayani, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD							GENERAL	A Comparative Analysis of the Public Health Role of Death Investigation Systems					Stacy A. Drake, MSN, RN; Mary desVignes-Kendrick, MD, MPH; Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD					Looking to the Future: Opportunities for Research in Forensic Dentistry						Veronique F. Delattre, DDS; Robert E. Wood, DDS; Richard A. Weems, DDS						ODONTOLOGY	PATHOLOGY/ BIOLOGY	Ruptured Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Mimicking Home Invasion and Assault	The Epidemiology of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Decedent Medical Examiner Cases	Drowning of a Child with a Cardiac Fibroma of the Interventricular Septum	Death by Cue in the Parietal Pocket: An Unusual Injury Pattern Caused by the Use of a Blunt Object	The Great Outdoors: The Postmortem Picnic	Under The Scope: An Unusual Case of Sudden Death			PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Albert Y. Chu, MD, MHS; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Stacey A. Mitchell, MSN, RN; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Darshan R. Phatak, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Valerie S. Green, MD; Mary L. Anzalone, MD; Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Mary L. Anzalone, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Luisa F. Florez, MD; Mary L. Anzalone, MD; Carolina Gutierrez, MD; Mario Cervantes, MD; Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Maximilian Buja, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD			Houston Mass Murder Victims: 33 Years Later	Interpretation Of Osseous Traumata: Ballistics-induced Depressed Skull Fractures	The Petrous Portion of the Human Temporal Bone Revisited: A Bayesian Analysis of Its Potential Value in the Identification of Human Skeletal Remains			Sharon M. Derrick, PhD; Michele Hunt, BS; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Gregory E. Berg, MA	Jason M. Wiersema, PhD			TOXICOLOGY	Analysis of Amphetamines in Postmortem Matrices Using In-Matrix Alkylchloroformate	Annual Lectureship In Toxicology: Methamphetamine and Phentermine in DUID Cases				Jeff Wise, MS; Terry Danielson, PhD; Ashraf Mozayani, PhD, PharmD; Anna Bayles, MS; Richard Li, PhD	Ashraf Mozayani, PhD; Terry Danielson, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD				PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE	On Pins and Needles: Manner of Death When an Unusual Form of Self-Mutilation Leads to Fatal Consequences			Baiyang Xu, MD; Marissa L. Feeney, MD; Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD															Approved
2006 National Association of Medical Examiners	October 13-18, 2006	San Antonio, TX	40th ANNUAL N.A.M.E. MEETING PRESENTATIONS	Forensic Nursing in the Medical Examiner Office	Genetic Basis of Aortic Dissections: When to Persue Evaluation of Surviving Family Members	Blunt Impact Head Trauma in Children Caused by Falling Objects	An Examination of Deaths Occurring in Harris County due to Hurricane Rita				Stacey A. Mitchell, MSN, RN	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, M.D.	Ana E. Lopez, M.D.	Stacey A. Mitchell, MSN, RN																																																																																						Approved
2006 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 17-26, 2006	Seattle, WA	CRIMINALISTICS	Trace Laboratory Gunshot Residue Contamination Study							Jason Schroeder, BS; James Jackson, BS; Eric Sappenfield, PhD, MPH							GENERAL	Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults					Heather Metcalf, BSN; Sharon Derrick, PhD; Moisha Wright; Stacey Mitchell, MSN, RN; Luis A. Sanchez, MD					Privacy Issues related to the Acquisition of Antemortem Dental	Cosmetic Odontology and the Law					Veronique F. Delattre, DDS	A. Becart, DDS, PhD; Veronique Dellattre, DDS; G. Tournel, MD; V. Hedouin, MD, PhD; D. Gosset, MD, PhD					ODONTOLOGY	PATHOLOGY/ BIOLOGY	An Unusual Death of a Child at the Obstetrician’s Office	Case Report – Sudden Death Due to Cystic Tumor of the Atrioventricular Node	A Fatality Due to Atomoxetine – The First Known Case	Adolescent Suicide Trends in the Third Largest County in the United States	The Value of Expanded Postmortem Toxicology Testing Menu	Caveat Emptor: A Series of Deaths Related to Subcutaneous Silicone Injections in Transgender Males	Death by a Radio-Controlled Helicopter	“Homicide by Heart Attack” – An Unusual Pediatric Death	PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	Albert Y. Chu, MD, Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Carlos F. Chavez-Arial, MD; Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD; Maximilian Buja, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Kathryn Haden-Pinneri, MD	Andrea J. Harrison, BSN, RN; Sharon Derrick, PhD; Stacey A. Mitchell, MSN, RN; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Luis E. Remus III, PhD, MD; Ashraf Mozayani, PharmD, PhD;Terry Danielson, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Morna L. Gonsoulin; MD; Ashraf Mozayani, PharmD, PhD; Terry Danielson, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Ana E. Lopez, MD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD	Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD	Beetle Poop – Interpret with Caution in Southeast Texas					Dwayne A. Wolf, MD, PhD; Harrell Gill-King, PhD; M. Lee Goff, PhD					TOXICOLOGY	Three Gamma Hydroxybutyrate - Related Deaths					Carlos F. Chavez-Arias, MD; Ashraf Mozayani, PharmD, PhD; Terry Danielson, PhD; Luis A. Sanchez, MD					PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE	Interdisciplinary Peer-Review in Action			M. Welner, MD; K. DeAlwis, MD; Ashraf Mozayani, PharmD, PhD															Approved
2005 National Association of Medical Examiners	October 14-19, 2005	Los Angeles, CA	39th ANNUAL N.A.M.E. MEETING PRESENTATIONS	Mammoth Tooth Lesion: Etiology of a Surgical Artifact in Trauma Patients	How to Make Justified Increases of Medical Examiner Personnel and Resources when the National Trend is Reduction						Stacey A. Drake, MSN, RN; Dwayne Wolf, M.D. :Presenters \| Brad Scott, M.D.; Luis A. Sanchez, M.D. :Co-authors	Beverly Begay :Presenter \| Mary Daniels; Luis A. Sanchez, M.D. :Co-authors																																																																																								Approved
2005 American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)	February 21-26, 2005	New Orleans, LA	A.A.F.S. MEETING PRESENTATIONS	The Forensic Nurse Death Investigator as a Member of the Multidisciplinary Forensic Investigative Unit	Organization and Functions of the Forensic Nurse Investigative Unit at the Harris County Medical Examiner Office	Interpretation of Toxicology and Pathology Findings in Geriatric Abuse	A Homemade Device to Cheat the Urine Drug Screen	Pediatric Postmortem Toxicology	Sequential SIDS or Double Homicide? Challenges of Delayed Investigation of Potential "Subtle" Child Homicides	Infant Death due to Epidermolysis Bullosa	Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.; Stacey A. Mitchell, MSN, RN	Stacey Drake :Presenter \| Luis A. Sanchez, M.D.; Stacey A. Mitchell, MSN, RN :Co-authors	Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT	Iouri Boiko, M.D. :Presenter \| Douglas Posey, M.D.; Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT; an Luis A. Sanchez, M.D. :Co-authors	Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT	Stacey Drake :Presenter \| Teresa Royer; Stephen K. Wilson, M.D.; Dwayne A. Wolf, M.D.; and Ashraf Mozayani, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D-ABFT :Co-authors	Eugene Hart, M.D. :Presenter \| Bonita Fung, M.D.; Ana Lopez, M.D.; Luis A. Sanchez, M.D. :Co-authors																																																																																			Approved

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