Category: FTCOE Multi-Media

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Just The Components Of Forensic Biology And DNA

In episode five of the FTCOE’s Strengthening the Forensic Workforce season, the presenters discuss forensic biology and DNA as it relates to evolving techniques, the importance of training, and the value of student research within the laboratory.
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BJA Forensic Grants 101 – Award Management

This webinar provides information about the main life cycle of grant management and award management basics, including compliance, requirements, modifications, and award closeout. This is the final part of the three-part BJA Forensic Grants 101 series, which also delivered insight into the administrative, programmatic, and financial aspects of BJA grant administration requirements.
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BJA Forensic Grants 101 – Grant Application And Award Acceptance

This is the second webinar within the three-part BJA Forensic Grants 101 series. This webinar highlights the initial steps of applying for BJA grant opportunities, as well as the application submission and peer review process for applying to these various forensic science grant opportunities. This webinar concludes with next steps if a project is selected for funding and what is involved in accepting the award.
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BJA Forensic Grants 101 – Forensic Grant Opportunities

This webinar is the first within a three-part series hosted by the BJA, BJA Forensic Grants 101, which outlines the various forensic science programs available at BJA, including their history and examples of relevant projects offered by BJA, in addition to an overview of the $100 million federally funded forensic science grant opportunities offered by BJA.
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Just Workforce Resiliency For MDIs

In the first episode of the FTCOE’s Workforce Resiliency season, the presenters discuss the responsibilities of medicolegal death investigators, difficulties in retaining qualified staff, and their findings on work-related stress within the profession as it related to resiliency.
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DART-MS Data Interpretation Tool And Other Resources For Seized Drug Analysis

This webinar provides an overview of the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ’s) and National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) Data Interpretation Tool (DIT). The presenters discuss how to use the NIST/NIJ DART-MS DIT, how to use the Library Search Algorithm function, and other resources available for implementing DART-MS in laboratories.
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ABMDI Continuing Education Credits

This page is dedicated to detailing FTCOE virtual events that can be used to apply for American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigator (ABMDI) Continuing Education (CE) credits.
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Forensic Workforce Resiliency: Vicarious Trauma & Workplace Stress Webinar Series

This webinar series explores a phenomenon known as vicarious trauma, which can be caused by exposure to distressing or disturbing situations and trauma through the course of one’s work. This series provides common strategies, resources, and guidance to combat vicarious trauma, with recommendations on how to maintain workforce resiliency.
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Just The Innocence Project

In episode four of the FTCOE’s 2020 Improving the System season, the presenter provides an overview of the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to putting an end to wrongful convictions, and the impact the Innocence Project has had on the criminal justice system.
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ASCLD Train The Director – Toxicology: Instrumentation, Methodology, And Workflows

This webinar provides an overview of the logistics required for transitioning to liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy (LC/MS-MS) and quadruple time-of flight (QTOF) technologies in laboratories, with topics such as budgeting and equipment needed; available funding sources; method transitions; integrating data systems; personnel; trends in the processing of post-mortem (PM) and driving-under-the-influence (DUID) toxicology casework; current and future Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) recommendations; and challenges with resources, reporting requirements, and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) integration.