NAME: Mary Fran Ernst - Giroux, BLS PERSONAL HISTORY: Place of Birth: Citizenship: Marital Status:
St. Louis, Missouri United States Married, 2 adult children
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 1963-1965 1972- 1982
St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing St. Louis, MO Saint Louis University, School of Professional Studies Bachelor in Liberal Studies, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE; 1965 - 1969
Assistant to the Clinical Laboratory Director, Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University Hospitals, St. Louis, MO.
1972 - Present
Saint Louis University, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1973 - 1975
Medical Record Analyst for Bi-State Regional Development of A Death Investigation Protocols and Accuracy of Certified Death Certificates, Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO.
1975 -1998
Toxicology Test Services Administrator, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
1975 – Present
Medicolegal Death Investigator, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Louis, MO.
1977
Acting Chief Investigator, St Louis Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Louis, MO
1997 - 1998
Liaison for Saint Louis University and City of St. Louis for Forensic Medical Services Contract, St. Louis, MO
1978 - Present
Medicolegal Death Investigation Training Courses, Coordinator, 1
Assistant Director, Co-Director, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. 1978 - 1995
Executive Assistant in Charge of Forensic Teaching Programs, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1981 - 1998
Administrator Forensic Medical Services, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO.
1982 – Present
Meeting Manager, National Association of Medical Examiners, Atlanta, GA
1985 - Present
MASTERS Conferences in Death Investigation, Assistant Director, Co-Director, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
1986 - 1989
Liaison for Saint Louis University & County of St. Charles, Missouri for Forensic Medical Services Contract.
1986 - 1989
Administrator, St. Charles County Medical Examiner’s Office for Saint Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
1986 - 1990
Forensic Administration Conference Coordinator, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
1986 - 1995
Toxicology Test Services, Postmortem Billing Services Agent. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO
1993 - Present
Course Coordinator, Forensic Pathology Elective for first and second year SLU medical students, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO
1993 - 1998
Course Coordinator, Learning from the Masters Conferences Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO
1995 - Present
Director of Medicolegal Education, Division of Forensic Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO 2
1998 – Present
Master’s Conference in Death Investigation, Co-Director, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
1998- Present
Introduction to Forensic Pathology (Elective for 1st & 2nd Year SLU Medical Students) Course Coordinator, Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
2000 - Present
Medicolegal Death Investigation Training Course, Co-Director Division of Forensic & Environmental Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 1976 - 1988
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Lecturer, PT-323-502: Forensic Pathology.
1976 - 1986
Greater St. Louis Police Academy: Lecturer
1978 - Present
Saint Louis University, Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course Lecturer.
1979 – 2001
University of Missouri - Public Safety Institute, Lecturer
1980 - 1990
St. Charles County, MO Police Academy, Lecturer
1981 – 1995
Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, Lecturer.
1984 - 1997
Instructor, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, St. Louis, MO
1987 - Present
St. Louis County Police Academy, Lecturer
1987 – Present
Saint Louis University School of Allied Health, Lecturer.
1997 – 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
2007 - Present
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
CERTIFICATIONS:
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1982
Specialist Instructor, State of Missouri, Department of Public Safety, Jefferson City, Missouri.
1985
Qualified Disaster Coordinator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
1990
Charter member - B.E.S.T. (Bloodstain Evidence Specialist & Technicians).
1998
Registered Medicolegal Death Investigator, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Registry # 001.
2001- Present
Board Certified Medicolegal Death Investigator, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, BC # 001
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 1975
Chairman, Arrangements Committee, First Annual Meeting, American Association of Suicidology, St. Louis, MO
1976
Co-Director, ASCP-MT Training Institute, St. Louis, MO
1976 - 1978
Coordinator, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, Forensic Training/Homicide Investigation, St. Louis, MO
1976 - 1990
Lecturer, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, PT-502 Forensic Pathology
1976 - 1987
Lecturer, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, St. Louis, MO
1977
Co-Director, Hazardous Materials Workshop for Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Co-Director, Intermodal Hazardous Materials Seminar for Emergency Services, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
1978
Coordinator, Local Arrangements Committee Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, St. Louis, Missouri.
1978 – Present
Lecturer, Saint Louis University, Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Courses Consultant for Local Arrangement Committee for American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Atlanta, GA
1979
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1979
Lecturer, Homicidal Investigations, University of Missouri
1980
Forensic Consultant, Governor’s Task Force on Rape, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO Affiliate member, National Association of Medical Examiners
1981
Member, Death Investigation Advisory Group, representing field of Medicolegal Death Investigators, National Institutes of Justice Grant, “Medicolegal Investigation Guidelines” awarded to the Forensic Science Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO
1981 - 1990
Lecturer, St. Charles County Police Academy
1981 - Present
Member, Affiliate Membership Committee, National Association of Medical Examiners.
1981 - 1995
Lecturer, Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy
1982 - 1985
Member, Steering Committee, Middle Management Personnel, Saint Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
1982 - Present
Meeting Manager, National Association of Medical Examiners, St. Louis, MO
1985
Secretary-Treasurer, District C, Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association.
1985
Program Chairman, General Section, 1985 Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
1985 - 1990
Chairman, Affiliate Membership Committee, National Association of Medical Examiners.
1987 – Present
Lecturer, St. Louis County Police Academy
1987 – Present
Lecturer, Saint Louis University School of Allied Health.
1998 – Present
Elective Coordinator, Introduction to Forensic Pathology Elective to 1st and 2nd Year SLU Medical Students,
1989
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Chairman, John R. Hunt Award Committee Criteria, Policies and Procedures 5
development for General Section. 1990
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - elected Secretary of General Section.
1990
Forensic Science Foundation - Appointed Alternative Trustee representing the General Section.
1990
Coordinator, St. Louis Major Case Squad Training Session for Forensic Medicine, May 1990, St. Louis, MO.
1991
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - elected Chairman of General Section.
1991-1998
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - appointed to the Academy’s Strategic Planning Committee.
1991
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - appointed 1992 Annual Meeting Workshops Chairman.
1992
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - re-elected Chairman of General Section.
1992 - 1994
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, appointed to Academy’s Public Relations Committee
1992 – 2000
Saint Louis University School of Allied Health Physicians Assistant program, Lecturer.
1993 - 1996
Abbott Ambulance Training Group, Lecturer
1993
Panelist, National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Health and Human Services Interagency Panel, Centers for Disease Control, Workshop on Guidelines for Scene Investigation of Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths, July 12 - 13, Rockville, Maryland.
1994 – 2006
Academy of Science of St. Louis, Speaker for Science, Lecturer
1994
Symposium Member, National Training of Coroners and Medical Examiner conducted by National Association of Counties, April 11, Washington, D.C. 6
1994
Local Arrangements Co-Chairman, Saint Louis University Women’s Commission, elected
1994 - 1996
Task Force Member, Pre-Employment Testing of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1995 – 1997
Member, Death Scene Investigation Solicitation Working Group for U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC
1995
Vice President/President-Elect Saint Louis University Women’s Commission, elected
1995 - 2005
Appointed faculty member of Saint Louis University Parking Advisory Council, Member of Parking Appeals Subcommittee
1995 – Present
Peer Review Consultant, National Institutes of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1995 - 1999
Training Director, Missouri Coroners & Medical Examiners Assn.
1995 - Present
Member, National Association of Medical Examiners Program Committee
1995 - 2001
Member, National Association of Medical Examiners Finance Committee
1996
President, Saint Louis University Women’s Commission, elected
1996
Chair, Saint Louis University Women’s Commission Walk for Wellness event
1996 - 2000
Faculty, Death Investigation Training Seminars, Sponsored by CDC and Occupational Research & Assessment
1996 – Present
Police Office Standards & Training Board (POST) approved Director of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Continuing Education program for Missouri Law Enforcement officers
1996 - 1998
Assistant Director, National Institutes of Justice Grant to develop National Guidelines for Medicolegal Death Investigators
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1996 - Present
Editorial Board, Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
1997 - 2005
Facilitator, Saint Louis University Shared Vision, Shared Vision I, Shared Vision II
1997 - 2000
Advisory Board Member, Clinical Laboratory Science Program, Saint Louis University
1997 - 1999
Member, National Implementation Committee, NIJ Grant: National Guidelines for Medicolegal Death Investigators
1997 - 1998
Member, National Medical Review Team, NIJ Grant: National Guidelines for Death Investigators
1997
Founding Member, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
1998
Past President, Saint Louis University Women’s Commission
1998
Chair, Nominating Committee, Saint Louis University Women’s Commission
1998 - 2005
Appointed faculty member/Elected Chair of Saint Louis University Parking Advisory Council, Member of Parking & Appeals Subcommittee
1998 – 2002
President, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Inc (elected 1998, re-elected 1999, re-elected 2000, re-elected 2001)
1998- 2008
Advisory Council Member, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
1998 – 2010
Member, Overland Missouri Police Advisory Board
1999 - 2001
Assistant Director, Saint Louis University, Masters Conferences
1999 – 2005
OPTN/UNOS Medical Examiners and Coroners Task Force Richmond, VA
2000- 2002
Member, Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, DC
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2001 – 2002
President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
2001 - Present
Co-Director, Saint Louis University, Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Courses
2001 - Present
Co-Director, Saint Louis University, Masters Conferences
2001 – 2005
Member, Initial Nominating Organization, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board, Colorado Springs, CO
2002- 2003
Treasurer, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, elected
2003 – 2004
President, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, elected
2004- 2007
Treasurer, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, elected
2004 – 2008
Medical Examiners Advisory Committee, CryoLife, Inc, Kennesaw, GA
2004 – 2008
Extended -Workgroup member, Revision of 1996 Guidelines for Death Scene Investigation of Sudden, Unexplained Infant Deaths and Investigation Report Form (SUIDIRF), CDC/SIDS, Atlanta, GA
2004 – 2008
Member, Training & Dissemination Core Team, SUIDIRF Project, CDC/SIDS, Atlanta, GA
2004 – 2008
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Task Force, Bed-Sharing/ Co-Sleeping Panel, CDC, Atlanta, GA
2005 – Present
Director, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB), representing the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI) Colorado Springs, CO
2005 – 2008
Instructor, SUIDIRF Project, CDC/SIDS, Atlanta, GA
2006- 2008
Secretary (elected), Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB), Colorado Springs, CO
2009 – present
Advisory Board, Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Childhood (SUDC) Program 9
2009 – 2010
Planning Committee and Presenter, Forensic Death Investigation Symposium to be held in Phoenix, AZ, June 7-9, 2010 supported by the National Institutes of Justice
2010 – present
Member, NIJ and Forensic Technology Center for Excellence sponsored General Forensics R&D Technology Working Group, Alexandria, VA, Mar. 15-16, 2010
2010
Education, Training and Certification Programs Breakout Session panel leader and speaker, NIJ/NFSTC Forensic Death Investigation Symposium, W Hotel Phoenix, AZ, June 8, 2010
2010
Speaker regarding ABMDI personal certification, to Accreditation Inter-Agency Working Group (IWG) discussing how mandatory universal accreditation and certification will affect Coroners and Medical Examiners and evaluation of potential problems that may arise. Teleconference meeting with IWG meeting in Washington, DC on July 14, 2010
SOCIETIES: National Association of Medical Examiners 1980 – Present
Affiliate Member
1981 - 1993
Member, Affiliate Membership Committee, National Association of Medical Examiners.
1995 - Present
Member, National Association of Medical Examiners Education Committee
1995 – Present
Member, National Association of Medical Examiners’ Affiliate Membership Committee
1995 - Present
Chair, National Association of Medical Examiners Program Committee
1995 - 1999
Member, National Association of Medical Examiners Finance Committee
1999 – 2000
Member, National Association of Medical Examiners, Electronic Media and NODIA Committee
2006
President’s Award for Special and Ongoing Service to the National 10
Association of Medical Examiner, presented at 40th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners in San Antonio, TX October 17, 2006 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1982 - Present
Provisional Member 1982, Member 1986, Fellow, 1988. General Section Program Chairman, 1985. Chairman, General Section Awards Committee, 1990 Elected General Section Secretary, 1990 Elected General Section Chairman, 1991 and 1992 Forensic Science Foundation, Trustee 1993 – 2002 Forensic Science Foundation, Elected Vice Chairman, 1995-1997 Forensic Science Foundation, Education Committee Chairman, 1995-1997 Strategic Planning Committee, 1991-1998 Public Relations Committee, 1992-1994 44th Annual Meeting Workshops Chairman, 1992 AAFS Council, 1991-1993 Elected General Section Board of Director, 1993-1996 John R. Hunt Award, 1993 Elected Forensic Science Foundation Board of Trustees, 1993-1997 Council on Forensic Science Educators, 1993-1995 Elected AAFS Executive Committee Member, 1994-1996 Chairman, Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Forensic Education and Training, 1994-1995 Secretary, Strategic Planning Committee Task Force on Forensic Education and Training, 1995-1996 Elected Vice Chairman, Forensic Science Foundation, 1995-1997 Chairman, Education Committee, Forensic Science Foundation, 1995-1997 Chair, AAFS Policy & Procedures Manual Revision Committee, 1995-1999 Continuing Medical Education Committee, AAFS, 1995-2002 Chair, AAFS Journal of Forensic Sciences Policy and Procedures Manual Development, 1996-1999 Member, Initial Nominating Organization, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board, Colorado Springs, CO 2001 – 2005 Member, AAFS General Section Nominating Committee, 19971998. Co-Chairman, Forensic Science Foundation Hamlet II Committee, 1997-1998. Vice President Membership, AAFS, elected 1997 11
Director, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB), representing the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI), 2005-Present Re-elected Trustee, Forensic Science Foundation, 1998-2002. Member, Forensic Science Foundation, Education Committee, 1998-2002 Member, Long Range Planning Committee, 1998-2001 Treasurer, AAFS, elected 1998-2000 Chair, Audit Committee, AAFS 1998-2000 Member, AAFS Policy & Procedures Manual Revision Committee, 1999–2001 President-Elect, AAFS, elected 2000 President, AAFS, 2001 Immediate Past President, AAFS, 2002 Chair, AAFS Nominating Committee, 2002 Chair, AAFS Forensic Science Educational Initiative, 2001-2 Director, AAFS Forensic Science Educational Conference, St, Louis, MO, 2001-2 Member, AAFS Nominating Committee, 2003-2004 Director, AAFS Forensic Science Educational Conference II, St. Louis, 2003-4 Chair, AAFS General Section Nominating Committee, 2003-2005 Director, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board, Colorado Springs, CO, 2005-present Member, Finance/Audit Committee, AAFS, 2005 – 2011 Director, AAFS Forensic Science Educational Conference III, St. Louis, 2005-2006 Member, Awards Committee, AAFS, 2006-2010 Chair, Reception Committee, General Section, 2006-2010 Secretary, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board, 2006-2008 Director, AAFS Forensic Science Educational Conference IV, St. Louis, 2007-8 Chair of Application Review Committee for ABFT Recertification, Forensic Specialities Accreditation Board, 2010-2011 Distinguished Fellow Award for Lifetime Service to the forensic Science profession, 2011 General Section Robert Thibault Award in recognition of her service, dedication and selfless contributions to the AAFS and the General Section, 2011
1990 – 1998
Missouri Coroners & Medical Examiners Association 12
Board of Director representing District C, 1995-1997 Training Director; 1995-1999 1992 - 1996
National Association of Exposition Managers.
1996 - 2000
University of Missouri Extension Center Council representing City of Overland, MO
1997 - 1999
Altrusa International, St. Louis, MO, St. Louis Chapter
1998 – 2010
Police Board Advisory Council, City of Overland, MO
1999 – 2009
United Organ Sharing for Medical Examiner/Coroner Task Force member
2000 - 2002
Council of Scientific Society Presidents.
2000 - 2002
Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations
2000
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) Inspector Selection Panel Interview Board.
2000
National Forensic Science Technology Center, Technical Working Group (TWG) for Bombing and Explosives Investigation, Consultant
2000 - 2002
National Instructor Development Academy for Training Death Investigation, Faculty, U.S. Dept. of Justice Grant #98-LB-VX0007.
2000 - present
Forensic Science Certificate Program, Advisory Committee, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Saint Louis University
2000 – 2002
Chair, Forensic Science Educational Conference July 2002, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2003 - 2007
Editorial Advisory Board, Encyclopedia of Forensic & Legal Medicine, Academic Press
2003-2004
Director, Forensic Science Educators Conference II, July 2004 St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2005-2006
Director, Forensic Science Educators Conference III, July 2006 13
St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 2005 – 2008
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, CORE Team, CDC Initiative, Atlanta, GA
2005 - 2008
Faculty, National Academies, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, CDC Initiative for Development of Training Text, Atlanta, GA
2007 –2008
Director, Forensic Science Educational Conference STL IV, July 2008, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2009 – present
Advisory Board, Sudden Unexplained Deaths in Childhood (SUDC) Program
2011 – present
Founder and President, Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators (SOMDI)
HONORS & AWARDS: 1983
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, page 412.
1994
Recipient of AAFS General Section’s John R. Hunt Award (for Outstanding contributions to the forensic sciences) presented at the 46th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 16, 1994 in San Antonio, Texas.
1994
Recipient of the National Association of Medical Examiners Outstanding Service Award (for significant contributions to the advancement of the medicolegal investigation of deaths in the United States) presented at the 28th annual meeting, September 27, 1994 in Charleston, SC
1998
YWCA Leader Lunch, one of nine representing Saint Louis University (for the contributions to the University and to its surrounding community, and for the demonstration of leadership throughout your work life).
2002
Faculty Woman of the Year, Saint Louis University Women’s Commission, elected, St. Louis, MO
2006
President’s Award for Special and Ongoing Service to the National Association of Medical Examiners, 40th Annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 17, 2006 14
2009
Affiliate member Paper Award named the “Mary Fran Ernst Affiliate Paper Award “by the National Association of Medical Examiner’s Foundation.
2011
AAFS Distinguished Fellow Award for Lifetime Service to the Forensic Science profession
2011
General Section Robert Thibault Award in recognition of her service, dedication and selfless contributions to the AAFS and the General Section
PUBLICATIONS PAPERS: 1.
G. E. Murphy, G.E., R.D. Wetzel, S. Katz and M.F. Ernst: On Improvement of Suicide Determination. Journal of Forensic Sciences 19:276-283, 1994.
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M.F. Ernst and G.E. Gantner: Manual for Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course P. 415, 1978, revised 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000.
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J.T. Weston, G.E. Gantner, V.O. McCarty, R.G. Capron, and M.F. Ernst: Guidelines for the Medicolegal Investigation and Examination of Death. The Forensic Science Foundation, Press, 1980.
4.
M.F. Ernst, A. Poklis and G.E. Gantner: Evaluation of Medicolegal Investigators= Suspicions and Positive Toxicology Findings in 100 Drug Deaths. Journal of Forensic Sciences 27:61-65, 1982.
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Contributing Editor: :Death Investigation & Examination: Medicolegal Guidelines and Checklists. The Forensic Sciences Foundation, Inc., Chapter Three, First Edition, 1986, Second Edition, 1995.
6.
Editor, Masters Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, 398 pages, 1985.
7.
Editor, Forensic Administration Conference Manual, Saint Louis University, 131 pages, 1986.
8.
Editor, Masters 2 Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, 270 pages, 1987.
9.
Editor, Forensic Administration 2 Conference Manual, Saint Louis University, 143 pages, 1989. 15
10.
Editor, Masters 3 Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, 143 pages, 1989.
11.
Reviewer, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Identifying Plant Food Cells in Gastric Contents for Use in Forensic Investigations. A Laboratory Manual, 130 pages, 1989.
12.
Editor, Masters 4 Manual for Advance Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, 1991.
13.
M.F. Ernst, Are You Sure Its a Natural Death, Newsletter, State of New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, Volume XVI, No. 4, Winter, 1992, page 9-10.
14.
Editor, Masters 5 Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO., Division of Forensic Pathology, 194 pages, 1993.
15.
Reviewer, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 39, No. 3, May, 1994: A Review of a Guide to Pathological Evidence for Lawyers and Police Officers, Third Edition, 240 pages
16.
Editor, Learning from the Masters Manual, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, 98 pages, 1994.
17.
Editor, Masters 6 Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Division of Forensic Pathology, 274 pages, 1995.
18.
Jentzen, Clark and Ernst, Medicolegal Death Investigator Pre-employment Test Development, American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.17(2):112-116, 1996.
19.
Haglund and Ernst, The Lay Death Investigator: In Search of a Common Ground, American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 18 (1): 21-25, 1997.
20.
Editor, Masters 7 Conference Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Division of Forensic Pathology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 289 pages, 1997.
21.
R. S. Frank and M.F. Ernst, Co-editors, Proceedings of the 11th Interpol Forensic Science Symposium, 21-24, 1995, 354 pages, published by the Forensic Science Foundation Press, Colorado Springs, CO., Aug. 1997.
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J. M. Jentzen and M. F. Ernst, Developing Medicolegal Death Investigator Systems in Forensic Pathology, CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE, Forensic Pathology, Part 2, 18(2): 279-322, June 1998.
23.
Dix and Calaluce, Guidelines for the Death Scene Investigator, Chapter in Part I: 16
Introduction, Guide to Forensic Pathology, 1997. 24.
Medicolegal Death Investigation - Treatises in the Forensic Sciences, 2nd edition, Chapter 2, The Death Scene, page 7-105, Forensic Science Foundation Press, 1999. 25. Editor, Masters 8 Conference Manual for Advanced Death Investigation, Division of Forensic Pathology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 271 pages, 1999. 26. Author, Crime Scene Investigation and Examination: Death Scene Investigation, United States of America, Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Chapter 390, Elsevier and Academic Press, July 2005 27. Co-author, Conducting Witness Interviews, Chapter 5, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigation, CDC–Occupational Research and Assessment, 2006 28. Co-Author, Conducting Scene Investigations, Chapter 6, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigation, CDC–Occupational Research and Assessment, 2006 29. Ernst, M.F., Chapter – The Medicolegal Death Investigator, Child Fatality Review: Evaluation of Accidental and Inflicted Child Death – A Clinical Guide/Atlas, GW Medical Publishing, St. Louis, MO, July, 2007 30. Ernst, M.F., Chapter: Medicolegal death scene investigation, 2009 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill Publisher, 2009 31. Ernst, M.F., Co-Author of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Child Fatality Review Quick Reference for Health Care, Social Services, and Law Enforcement Professionals, STM Learning, Inc. St. Louis, 2011
BOOKS: 1.
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Clark, Ernst, Haglund, and Jentzen, The Medicolegal Death Investigator, A Systematic Training Program for the Professional Death Investigator. Occupational Research and Assessment, Inc., Big Rapids, MI 400 pages, April 1996. Dix, J. and Ernst, M.F. Handbook for Death Scene Investigators, CRC Press, 124, pages, 1998.
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INVITED LECTURES: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
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Role of the Medical Examiners Office, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 1 hr. Apr.1978 Medicolegal Death Investigators Course, 4 lectures, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, October, 1978 Medicolegal Death Investigators Course, 4 lectures, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Jan. 15-19, 1979 Death Investigation Seminar, Role of the Medical Examiner, Decatur, IL, Feb 28, 1979 Florissant Valley Community College, Criminal Justice Program, Roles of the Medical Examiner in the Criminal Justice System & morgue tour, 2hr., Mar. 28, 1979 Riverview Gardens High School, The Role of the Medical Examiner in the Community, 1 hr., Apr. 5, 1979 The Role of the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 1 hr., Apr 20, 1979 Blood Spatter Interpretation at a Death Scene, Major Case Squad, 2.5 hr., May 1, 1979 Role of Medical Examiner, Identification of Unidentified Persons, Blood Spatter Interpretation, SIDS, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 3 hr., June 22, 1979 Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Joseph’s Academy, 1 hr., Oct. 3, 1979 Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 2 hr., Oct. 5, 1979 Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 1 hr., Nov. 1, 1979 Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Jan 14-18, 1980 Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 1 hr., Feb. 6, 1980 Reporting a Death to the Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Joseph’s Hospital/Kirkwood, MO, Nursing Staff Conference, 1. hr., Feb. 7, 1980 Reporting Deaths to the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Joseph’s Hospital/Kirkwood, MO, 1 hr., Feb. 14, 1980 Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Death Scene Investigation, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 2 hr., Mar 6, 1980 Reporting Deaths to the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Louis Area Emergency Nurses Assn. Conference, 3 hr., Mar 13, 1980 Medical Examiner Office Death Scene Investigation, Mid-State Major Case Squad Training Session, 2.5 hr., Columbia, MO, Apr. 1, 1980 Role of the Medical Examiner in Death Investigation, St. Charles County Police Academy, Apr. 29, 1980 Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, May 12-16, 1980 Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 2 hr., May 29, 1980 18
23. Blood Spatter Interpretation at Death Scenes, Forest Park Community College, Criminal Justice Program, 1 hr., July 23, 1980 24. Investigation of Fire Deaths, Eureka Fire Rescue Squad, Eureka, MO, 2 hr., July 30, 1980 25. Death Scene Investigation, Role of Medical Examiner, Identification Techniques, St. Charles Police Academy, Aug. 28, 1980 26. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Oct. 6-10, 1980 27. Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Death Scene Investigation, Greater St. Louis Police Academy, 2 hr., Oct. 16, 1980 28. Touring the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Parkway South High School Students, 1 hr., Oct. 17, 1980 29. Investigation of Fire Fatalities, Southern Illinois Arson Investigators Assn. Madison County Fire Department, Alton, IL, Nov. 19, 1980 30. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, January 19-24, 1981 31. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, May 4-8,1981 32. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Oct. 5-9, 1981 33. Training the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 1981 34. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Jan., 1982 35. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, May, 1982 36. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Oct. 1982 37. Reporting a Death to the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Normandy North Emergency Department Nursing Staff, Jan 6, 1983 38. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Jan. 10-14, 1983 39. Blood Spatter Interpretation, University of Missouri – Columbia, 3 hr., Feb. 2, 1983 40. Blood Spatter Interpretation, University of Missouri – St. Louis, Criminal Justice Program, Mar 11, 1983 41. Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Touring of Medical Examiner Office facilities (3hr.) Greater St. Louis Police Academy, Apr. 11, 1983 19
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117. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner System, Dept. of Medical Technology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, MO, 3 hr., Dec. 14, 1987 118. Death Investigation and the Medical Technologist, Medical Technology Students, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 1 hr., Jan. 15, 1988. 119. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Jan. 18-22, 1988 120. What is a Death Investigator, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, General Section Luncheon Speaker, Philadelphia, PA, February 17, 1988. 121. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner System, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr. Mar. 2, 1988 122. Narcotics Investigation Course, Role of the Medical Examiner, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, (5 hr.), Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Jefferson City, MO, Mar. 1, 1988 123. Death Scene Investigation, St. Louis City Police Academy Class, 2 hr., Mar. 2, 1988 124. Blood Spatter Interpretation at a Crime Scene, St. Charles Police Academy Training Seminar, 2hr. Mar. 24, 1998 125. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Apr. 25-29, 1988 126. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., May 24, 1988 127. The Role of the Medical Examiner/Coroner, Notification of Next of Kin, Identification Techniques, Estimation of Time of Death, Blood Spatter Interpretation, 6 hr., Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Aug. 10, 1988 128. Fire Deaths, Missouri Chapter of International Assn. Of Arson Investigators, St. Louis, MO. 2hr. Sept. 24, 1988 129. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Oct. 3-7, 1988 130. Training the Death Investigator, Michigan Association of Medical Examiners, 1 hr., Saginaw, MI, Oct. 15, 1988 131. Narcotics Investigation Course, Role of the Medical Examiner, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, (5 hr.), Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Jefferson City, MO, Oct. 25, 1988 132. The Role of the Medical Examiner, St. Louis Medical Technology Assn. Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Dec. 8, 1988. 133. Reporting a Death to the Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Luke’s Medical Center Nursing Staff Conference, St. Louis, MO, 1.5 hr., Jan. 17, 1989. 134. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, 24
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Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Jan. 23-27, 1989 Differentiating Between Homicide and Suicide at the Death Scene, Criminal Investigation Training Course, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2hr., Feb. 22, 1989 Narcotics Investigation Course, Role of the Medical Examiner, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, 5 hr., Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Jefferson City, MO, Mar. 1, 1989 The Medical Technologist’s Role in the Forensic Sciences, Saint Louis University Medical Technology students, 3 hr., Apr. 3, 1989 Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Apr. 24-28, 1989 Crime and Clues in Literature, English Class, McCluer Senior High School, St. Louis, MO, 1 hr., May 24, 1989 Blood Spatter Interpretation at a Crime Scene, St. Charles Police Academy Training Seminar, 2hr. June 8, 1989 The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s System, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2hr. June 14, 1989 M.F. Ernst: Arson Death Investigations, St. Louis County Arson Task Force Training Seminar, July 11, 1989. Death in the Home, Norell Health Care Staff Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 1 hr., July 13, 1989. Role of the Medical Examiner/Coroner, Notification of Next of Kin, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Aug. 9, 1989 Role of the Medical Examiner in Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, Homicide Seminar, 1 hr., Sept. 11, 1989 Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Oct. 2-6, 1989 The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s System, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2hr. Oct. 24, 1989 Narcotics Investigation Course, Role of the Medical Examiner, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, 5 hr., Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Jefferson City, MO, Oct. 25, 1989 Fire Deaths, St. Louis County Fire Fighters Seminar, Crestwood Fire Department, 2 hr., Nov. 1, 1989. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Jan. 22-26, 1990 Investigating the Causes of Death. St. Louis University Medical Technologists-Senior Seminar, St. Louis, MO, Feb 26, 1990 25
152. Role of the Medical Examiner in Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2hr., Mar. 1, 1990 153. Role of the Medical Examiner/Coroner, Notification of Next of Kin, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, 6 hr., Mar. 16, 1990 154. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Apr. 23-27, 1990 155. Death Scene Investigation & Identification Techniques, St. Louis Major Case Squad Training Sessions, 1.5 hr., St. Louis, MO, May 22, 1990 156. Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., June 26, 1990. 157. Forensic Death Investigation, Missouri State Highway Patrol Recruit Class, Jefferson City, MO, 6 hr., August 7-8, 1990 158. Age of the Affiliate, National Assn. of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 20 min., Sept. 15, 1990. 159. Investigating Fire Deaths, Professional Fire and Fraud Investigators Association. Annual Meeting, Springfield, MO, 1 hr., September 24, 1990 160. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Oct. 1-4, 1990 161. Death Scene Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., Nov. 2, 1990 162. Death Scene Investigation, and Identification Techniques, West Coast Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, November 9-10, 1990. 163. Examination of Blood Stain Evidence at a Crime Scene, St. Charles County Identification Seminar, St. Louis, Missouri, January 9, 1991. 164. Reporting a Home Death, Norell Health Delivery Systems Nursing Staff Meeting, Clayton, MO, 1 hr., Jan. 10, 1991. 165. Reporting a Home Death, Norell Health Delivery Systems Nursing Staff Meeting, Clayton, MO, 1 hr., Jan.17, 1991. 166. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Jan. 28-Feb 1, 1991 167. Futures in the Forensic Sciences, Engelmann Academic Year Institute, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2 hr., Feb. 11, 1991. 168. Common Investigative Pitfalls in Death Investigation, presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 42nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb. 21, 1991 169. The Medical Technologist’s Role of Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, School of Medical Technology, Mar. 4, 1991. 170. Investigation of Fire Deaths, St. Charles County Fire Investigation School, St. Charles, MO, Mar. 13, 1991. 26
171. The Role of the Medical Examiner in Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., Mar. 15, 1991 172. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Apr. 22-26, 1991 173. Narcotics Investigation Course, Role of the Medical Examiner, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, 5 hr, May 21, 1991 174. The Role of the Medical Examiner in Death Investigation”, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., July 1, 1991 175. Blood Spatter Contamination at the Crime Scene, International Association of Identification, Annual Educational Meeting, 1.5 hr., St. Louis, MO, July 10, 1991 176. M.F. Ernst: Pitfalls in Death Investigation, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Master 4 Conference, 1 hr., July 23, 1991. 177. Investigation of Drug Related Deaths, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jefferson City, MO, August 1 & 2, 1991. 178. Forensic Investigation of Fatal Fires, St. Louis County Arson Investigation Task Force, 1 hr. Aug. 27, 1991. 179. Investigative Pitfalls, National Association of Medical Examiners, 25th Anniversary Meeting, Hawaii, 1 hr., September 25, 1991. 180. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Oct. 14-18, 1991 181. Fire Death Investigation, Florissant Valley Fire District, 1 hr., Oct. 21, 1991 182. Death Scene Investigation and Common Investigative Pitfalls in Death Investigation, Province of Ontario, Canada, Coroner Training Seminar, Oct. 24 & 25, 1991. 183. M.F. Ernst: The Role of the Medical Examiner in Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., Oct. 28, 1991. 184. M.F. Ernst: Death in Literature, McCluer High School, St. Louis, MO, 1 hr., Nov. 19, 1991. 185. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Jan. 20-24, 1992 186. The Medical Technologists Role in Death Investigation, Saint Louis University, School of Medical Technology, Feb. 3, 1992. 187. Core Curriculum for the Medicolegal Death Investigator, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA-Breakfast Seminar, Feb.21, 1992. 188. Investigation of Fatal Fires, International Association of Arson Investigators Annual Training Session, 2 hr., February 28, 1992. 189. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Apr. 20-24, 1992 27
190. Blood Spatter Interpretation and Death Scene Investigation, Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis Annual Training Session, 4 hr., June 2, 1992. 191. Introduction to Forensic Medicine and the Forensic Sciences, Missouri Scholars Academy, Columbia, MO, June 17 & 18, 1992. 192. Medicolegal Investigation of Fatal Fires, Fire & Emergency Television Network, Training film (Unit 4: Fire/Arson Detection) for fire fighters and medical rescue personnel, St. Louis, MO, July 21, 1992. 193. Forensic Death Investigation, Missouri State Highway Patrol Recruit Class, Jefferson City, MO, 4 hr., July 28, 1992 194. 199.Death Investigation for Police Officers, Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy, Jefferson City, MO, July 29 & 30, 1992. 195. Physician Assistants as Death Investigators, St. Louis University Physician Assistants Program, St. Louis, MO, Aug. 4, 1992. 196. Death Investigation in the 90s, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, Annual Coroner Training Seminar, Seattle, Washington, Aug. 20, 1992. 197. Vehicle Homicide Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO, 1.5 hr., Aug. 27, 1992. 198. Investigation of Fatal Fires, Arson: Cause and Origin Seminar, St. Louis County Police Academy, Sept. 3, 1992. 199. Scene Set-ups: It sure Looks like a Natural Death, National Association of Medical Examiners, 1992 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 21, 1992 200. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Oct. 5-9, 1992 201. Gathering Evidence at Scene of Questionable Deaths, Annual Pre-Hospital Care Conference, St. Louis University Hospital, Oct. 9, 1992 202. Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1 hr. Nov. 1, 1992. 208. Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Training Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 6 hrs. Jan. 25-29, 1993 209. Introduction to Forensic Medicine and the Forensic Sciences, Saint Louis University School of Medical Technology, St. Louis MO, Feb.1, 1993. 210. Update of Death Investigation Techniques, Are you Sure Its a Natural Death? Missouri Coroners & Medical Examiners Annual Training Seminar, Jefferson City, MO, Feb.25, 1993. 211. Investigation of Fatal Fires and Patience - With Our Patients, Kansas City Arson Task Force Training Seminar, Kansas City, MO, Feb.27, 1993. 212. Vehicular Homicide Investigation Seminar, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1 hr., April 7, 1993. 213. Investigation of Vehicular Deaths, St. Louis County Police Academy, Recruit Class #127, 1 hr., Apr. 12, 1993. 214. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter 28
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Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 19-23, 1993 Forensic Death Investigation, 1993 Recruit Training Class, Missouri Highway Patrol, Jefferson City, MO, 8 hr., July 15, 1993. Investigating Fatal Fires, Missouri Fire Marshall’s Annual Training Session, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.5 hr., July 22, 1993. Current Death Investigation Techniques, panel for National Romance Writers Conference, Adam’s Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO, July 31, 1993 The Lay Death Investigator: Extinction, Stasis or Evolution? Affiliate Scientific Program, National Association of Medical Examiner’s 27th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, Sept.13, 1993. Solving the Mysteries of Death, Science EXPO’93 Rockwood School District, 3 hr., Ellisville, MO, Oct. 2, 1993. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 4-8, 1993 Vehicular Homicide Investigation Seminar, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.25 hr. Nov. 12, 1993 Are You Sure its a Natural Death? , Missouri Coroner’s and Medical Examiner’s Association Fall Training Session, Central Missouri State University, Nov. 18, 1993. Investigating the Causes of Death, Senior Medical Technology Seminar, Saint Louis University, Dec. 2, 1993 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 24-28, 1994 Medicolegal Death Investigators - Extinction, Stasis or Evolution? American Academy of Forensic Sciences 45th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 17, 1994. Death Investigation of Serial Murder Victims, Missouri Coroner’s and Medical Examiner’s Association, Spring Training Session, Jefferson City, MO, Feb. 24, 1994. Insuring a Complete Death Investigation, South Carolina Coroners and Medical Examiners Association Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, Mar. 20, 1994 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 25-29, 1994 The Emergency Department’s Responsibility in the Investigation for Violent Deaths, St. Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, MO, 1 hr., May 25, 1994. Forensic Medicine: Solving the Mysteries of Death, Missouri Scholars Academy, University of Missouri - Columbia, MO, 2 hr., June 21, 1994. Motor Vehicle and Pedestrian Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.25 hr., June 29, 1994 Forensic Sciences and their Role in Community Deaths, Overland Rotary Club, 1hr., Overland, MO, July 6, 1994. Investigating Deaths of Hospice Patients, presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Sept. 26, 1994 in Charleston, SC. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter 29
Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 3-7, 1994 235. How the Forensic Sciences can Protect Your Community, Maryland Heights Kiwanis Club, Maryland Heights, MO, 1 hr., Oct. 24, 1994. 236. .Vehicular Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1 hr. Nov. 9, 1994 237. Patience with OUR Patients, Community Fire Protection District, 2 hr., Nov. 10, 1994 238. .Death Scene Investigation, Jefferson College, 2 hr., Nov. 21, 1994 239. .Patience with our Patients, Paramedic Training Session, St. Mary’s Health Center, Richmond Heights, MO, 1.5 hr., Nov. 30, 1994. 240. .The A-B-Cs of Death Investigation, Indiana Coroners Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Dec. 1-2, 1994. 241. WHO DUNNIT; HOW THEY FIND OUT, Missouri Chapter of Romance Writers of American, St. Louis, MO, Dec. 3, 1994. 245 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 23-27, 1995 247. Medicolegal Death Investigation of Fire Fatalities, Greater St. Louis Area Fire Chiefs Association, Special Programs Series, 3 hr., Feb. 7 & 8, 1995. 246. The Role of a Medicolegal Death Investigator, Saint Louis University Hospital Auxiliary, Saint Louis University Hospital, Mar. 15, 1995. 248: Reporting of Hospice Deaths to Missouri Coroners, Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association 1995 Annual Meeting, Jefferson City, MO, Mar. 23, 1995. 249.The Medical Examiner’s System and Facilities, Jefferson County MO Community College, Criminal Justice students, Mar. 30, 1995. 251. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 24-28, 1995 252. Preservation of Evidence in Patients under the Jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner’s Office, Cardinal Glennon Hospital Emergency Department Staff Meeting, May 16, 1995. 253. Investigation of Motor Vehicular Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO, May 17, 1995. 254. The Role of the Medical Examiner in the Community, Lambert Airport Rotary Meeting, 1 hr., Aug.24, 1995. 255. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 2-6, 1995 256. The Forensic Sciences in the Judicial System, St. Louis County Public Defenders 1995 Symposium, St. Louis County Courthouse, 1.25 hr., Oct. 13, 1995. 257. Continuing to Investigate Hospice Deaths - A survey of national local trends, 1995 Annual Meeting, National Association of Medical Examiners, San Diego, CA, Oct. 23, 1995. 258. Vehicular Fatality Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1,5 hr. Nov. 29, 1995. 259. The Medical Examiner System in the Community, Hazelwood School District Nursing Education, 2.5 hr., Dec.14, 1995. 260. Medicolegal Death Investigator - Pilot Training, 3 lectures, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, Jan.13, 1996. 30
261. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 23-27, 1996 262. Managing the News Media – It’s a Contest That You Can Win! American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 48th Annual Meeting, Feb.19, 1996, Nashville, TN. 263. Dealing with the News Media Regarding Coroner Cases, Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, 1996 Annual Training Session, Mar. 14, 1996, Jefferson City, MO. 264. The Medical Technologist’s Role in Medical Examiner’s Cases, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Medical Technology students Senior Symposium, St. Louis, MO, Apr. 1, 1996. 265. Investigation of Motor Vehicular Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO, l hr., Apr.18, 1996. 266. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 22-26, 1996 267. Role of the Medical Examiner in the Community, Overland Rotary Club, St. Louis, MO, 1 hr., April 17, 1996. 268. The Role of the Death Investigator on the Child Fatality Review Panel, State Child Fatality Review Team Committee, Austin, TX, May 10, 1996. 269. Death Investigation Symposium, Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL, 8 hr., May 14, 1996 270. Medicolegal Death Investigator - Pilot Training, Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office three lectures, Milwaukee, WI, June 15, 1996. 271. Forensic Medicine: Solving the Mysteries of Death, Missouri Scholars Academy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2hr., June 19, 1996. 272. Laying the Foundation for a Thorough Medicolegal Death Investigation, Indiana Coroners Training Conference, Evansville, IN, June 24, 1996. 273. Investigation of Suicidal Deaths, Mississippi Coroners Annual Training Conference, 2 hr., Biloxie, MI, July 16, 1996. 274. Investigation of Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, Aug. 6, 1996 275. Patience with OUR patients - Preservation of Evidence by First Responders and Patience with OUR Patients - Preservation of Evidence in the Emergency Department, Tenth Annual Missouri Combined Clinical Conference in Emergency Care, Osage Beach, MO, Aug. 8, 1996. 276. The Medical Technologist as a Forensic Scientist, Saint Louis University School of Medical Technology Senior Seminar, Aug.13, 1996. 277. The Medicolegal Death Investigator - Progressing to Certification, 30th Annual Meeting, National Association of Medical Examiners, Traverse City, MI, Sept. 16, 1996. 278. The Medicolegal Death Investigator - An Interesting Character, The Romance Writers of American, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 21, 1996. 279. Southeastern Illinois Coroners’ Training Symposium, three lectures, Lincoln Trails Community College, Robinson, IL, Sept. 25, 1996. 280. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 7-11, 1996 31
281. Infant and Children Death Scene Investigation, Child Fatality Investigation Seminar, Travis County Children’s Advocacy Center, Austin, TX, Oct. 21, 1996. 282. Investigation of Suicidal Deaths, Missouri Coroner Semi-Annual Training Symposium, Jefferson City, MO, Nov. 8, 1996. 283. Differentiating between Suicide and Homicide at the Crime Scene, International Association of Homicide Investigators, 1996 Annual Convention, Marriott Pavilion, 1.5hr. St. Louis, MO, Nov. 21, 1996. 284. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.25 hr., Nov. 27, 1997. 285. Differentiating Between Suicide and Homicide at the Death Scene, Madison County, Illinois Coroner’s 4th Annual Symposium, Edwardsville, IL, 2hr., Dec. 10, 1996. 286. Death Investigation Symposium, 1997 Training Program for Mississippi Coroners Association, (8 hours lectures), January 6-7, 1997, Jackson, MI. 287. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 27-31, 1997 288. Investigating Fatal Fire Fatalities, St. Louis County Fire Academy, 1.5 hr., Feb.12, 1997 289. Curing the Ills of Death Investigator Systems in the United States, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 49th Annual Meeting, New York, NY, Feb.21, 1997. 290. Radiology’s Role in the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, 4th District Radiologists Association, Saint Louis University Hospital, 1 hr., Feb. 27, 1997 291. Missouri Coroner Annual Spring Training Conference, 4 hrs., Jefferson City, MO, Mar. 2728, 1997. 292. Basic Crime Scene Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 2 hr., Apr. 2, 1997 293. Death Scene Investigation, Livingston County, Illinois Death Investigation Seminar, 2 hr. Pontiac, IL, Apr. 12, 1997. 294. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 21-25, 1997 295. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, May 1, 1997. 296. Death Scene Preservation, Missouri Baptist Hospital Emergency Personnel Monthly Training Session, St. Louis, MO, 2 hr., May 20, 1997. 297. Wisconsin Medical Examiners and Coroners Annual Training Program (6 hours lectures), Mosinee, WI, June 10-11, 1997. 298. Certification of Death Investigation - Progress and Support, Masters 7 Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, July 30, 1997. 299. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St, Louis County Police Academy, 1.25hr., Aug. 12, 1997. 300. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 6-10, 1997 301. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.5 hr., Oct. 21, 1997. 302. Death Scene Investigation, Missouri Coroner’s Fall Training Meeting, Jefferson City, MO, Nov. 7, 1997. 32
303. Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Clinical Laboratory Science students, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 20, 1997. 304. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 26-30, 1998 305. Proposed Guidelines for the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigation, Inc. National Implementation Team, San Francisco, CA, Feb.6, 1998. 306. The Origin of the Death Investigator Species, General Section, 50th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Francisco, CA, Feb.12, 1998. 307. Why Guidelines are Important to the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Pathology-Biology Section, 50th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 14, 1998. 308. Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, The Association of Criminal Justice and Sociology Students, Saint Louis University, 1 hr., March 22, 1998. 309. The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators - Becoming a Registered Death Investigator, Missouri Coroner’s Spring Training Meeting, Jefferson City, MO, April 3, 1998 310. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.5 hr., Apr. 14, 1998. 311. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 20-24,1998 312. Death Scene Investigation and Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death? 13th Annual Medicolegal Investigation of Death Seminar, Morgantown, PA, Apr. 25, 1998 313. Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Dept of Physical Medicine, Saint Louis University, 1 hr., Continuing Education Symposium, May 28, 1998. 314. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, July 16, 1998 315. Driving While Intoxicated - Its Fatal Consequences, MAAD, (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) Remedial Session, Crestwood Government Center, 1.5 hr., Sept. 1, 1998. 316. Indianapolis ORA Training Session, 6 hr., Indianapolis, IN, Sept. 9, 1998 317. Investigating Fire Fatalities, Missouri Fire Investigators Annual Seminar, 2hr., Joplin MO, Sept. 29, 1998 318. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 5-9, 1998 319. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, Oct. 16, 1998 320. Death Scene Investigation, Identification Techniques, Certification of Death Investigators, Missouri Coroners & Medical Examiners Fall Training, Jefferson City, MO, Oct. 22, 1998 321. Medicolegal Death Investigation for the 21st Century-Board Certification, 33rd Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Affiliate Session, Nov. 2, 1998 322. Differentiating between Suicide and Homicide at the Death Scene, Investigating Unexpected Deaths, Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office Fall Training, 4 hr., Jackson MS, Nov.16-17, 1998 323. Death Investigation Report Writing Notification of Next of Kin, Ethical practices for Death Investigators, Indiana Coroner’s Training Seminar, Fort Wayne, IN, Nov. 20-21, 1998 33
324. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 25-29, 1999 325. The Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator in the Forensic Sciences, Young Forensic Scientists Forum, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb.16, 1999 325. AAFS Accreditation and Board Certification for the Medicolegal Death Investigator, General Section Luncheon Program, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb.17, 1999 326. Death Investigation Report Writing, Notification of Next of Kin, Ethical Practices for Death Investigators, Completing Death Reporting Forms, Indiana State Coroners Training Project, Evansville, IN, Mar. 27, 1999 326. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, Apr. 14, 1999 327. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 19-23, 1999 328. Death Investigation, A Guide for Paramedics and Emergency Department Personnel Domestic Violence: Risks and Responsibilities, OASIS Women’s Center, Symposium, 1.5 hr., SIU-Edwardsville, IL, April 29, 1999 329. Death Scene Investigation, Department of Physical Medicine, SLU, Continuing Education Symposium, May 6, 1999 330. Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, Future Scientists of America, Francis Howell School District, St. Charles, MO, May 12, 1999 331.Death Investigation, A Guide to Paramedics and Emergency Department Personnel, St. Mary’s Health Center, Continuing Education Program, 1.5 hr., June 3, 1999 332. The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators-What Does Certification Mean to You? Masters 8 Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. July 27, 1999. 333. Vehicular Death Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.5 hr., Aug. 23, 1999 334. Indianapolis Coroner Training Session, 5 lectures, Indianapolis, IN, Sept 9, 1999 335. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 4-8, 1999 336. The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators-Progressing Forward, National Assn. Of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 19, 1999 337. NIJ Training for Death Investigators, 5 lectures, Grand Rapids, MI, Oct. 25-26, 1999 338. West Central Illinois Regional Coroner Training, 6 lectures, Jacksonville, IL, Nov. 9, 1999 339. Mississippi Coroner Association - Advanced Training Symposium, 7 hours, Jackson, MI, Nov. 29-30, 1999 340. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 24-28, 2000 341. Death Investigation - The Role of the Scene Investigator, Clinical Laboratory Science Symposium, Saint Louis University, Allied Health, St. Louis, MO, Feb. 7, 2000 342. Mock Trial - Investigation of Deaths Involving Medical Technologists, Clinical Laboratory 34
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Science Symposium, Saint Louis University, Allied Health, St. Louis, MO, Feb. 14, 2000 Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, 1.5 hr., Mar. 28, 2000. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 3-7, 2000 Medical Examiner Forensic Investigations - From a Nurse’s Perspective, Maryville University of Nursing, 1 hr., St. Louis County, MO, Apr. 10, 2000 The 21st Century Medicolegal Death Investigator - Incompetence Will No Longer Be Tolerated, Keynote Speaker, International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners Annual Meeting, Gurnee, IL, June 14, 2000 Final Exit - The Suicide Cookbook, National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Sept.19, 2000 Certification of Forensic Science Professionals, National Center for Forensic Sciences, Fire and Bomb Investigators, 1 hr., Orlando, FL., Aug. 7, 2000 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 2-6, 2000 National Instructor Development Academy for Training Death Investigation, Instructor for Teaching Laboratories and Evaluator of Academy Participant presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 25-29, 2000 Death Scene Investigation, Iowa Association of Medical Examiner’s Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA, Nov. 3, 2000 Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis, County Police Academy, Nov. 7, 2000 Introduction to Forensic Sciences, School of Allied Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO., Dec. 7, 2000 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 2-6, 2000 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 22-26, 2001 The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators - Progressing Forward, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting, Seattle, WA. Feb. 23, 2001 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 3-7, 2001 Role of the Medicolegal Investigator, Death Scene Investigation, Are you SURE It’s a Natural Death? Missouri State Investigators Association Annual Training Seminar, Westport Holiday Inn, May 2, 2001 Becoming Certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, First Maples Symposium, University of Gainesville, Gainesville, FL, Aug. 8, 2001 Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, Aug. 10, 2001 Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a 35
Natural Death, 7 hr., Oct. 1-4, 2001 362. The American Academy of Forensic Sciences Addresses Legal Issues, 3rd Annual National Conference of Science and Law, Miami, FL, Oct. 4, 2001 363. Investigating Fire Deaths and Forensic Scientists Used in Death Investigations, American Assn. of Legal Nurses Training Seminar, Creve Coeur Fire Department, Oct. 26, 2001 364. Investigating Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, Oct. 29, 2001 365. Are you SURE its a Natural Death? Role of the Investigator, Death Scene Investigation, Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Symposium, Kansas City, MO, Nov. 1, 2001 366. Opportunities for Medical Technologists in the Field of the Forensic Sciences, Death Scene Investigation, Clinical Laboratory Science students, Saint Louis University, Nov. 29, 2001 367. Clinical Lab Science Students and Death Investigation, Saint Louis University Health Science Center, 2 hr., Nov. 29, 2001 362. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Jan. 21-25, 2002 363. The Role of Young Forensic Scientists in the AAFS Forensic Science Educator Program, AAFS 54th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Feb.12, 2002 364. Opening Remarks, AAFS 54th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Feb.13, 2002 365. 17th Annual Jack Frost Forensic Death Investigation Seminar, Morgantown, WV, two presentations, Apr. 6, 2002 366. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, Vehicular Deaths, 8 hr., Apr. 22-26, 2002 367. Advertising Forensic Science Education Conference, KSDK TV, Windows on St. Louis, Apr. 29, 2002 368. ABMDI Certification for Law Enforcement Personnel, Forensic Archeology Conference, FBI St. Louis Headquarters, 1 hr., June 17, 2002 368. Opening Remarks, Forensic Science Educators Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, July 25, 2002 369. Introduction of five speakers, Forensic Science Educators Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, July 26, 2002 370. Opening Session Remarks (Forensic Workshops), Forensic Science Educators Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, July 27, 2002 371. Review of Forensic Science Educators Conference, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Executive Committee meeting, Chicago, IL, Aug. 10, 2002 372. Motor Vehicle Fatality Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, Aug. 26, 2002 373. The American Academy of Forensic Sciences Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board, First American-Turkish Forensic Science Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 10, 2002 374. The ABMDI – Advancing to Accreditation, 36th Annual Meeting, National Association of Medical Examiners, Shreveport, LA, Sept.30, 2002 375. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, Vehicular Deaths, 8 hr., Oct. 7-11, 2002 376. Motor Vehicle Fatality Investigation, St. Louis County Police Academy, Oct. 23, 2002 377. Patience with “Our Patients”, Illinois State EMS Annual Training Seminar, Belleville 36
Memorial Hospital, Oct. 26, 2002 378. Dealing with Violent Death Evidence in the Emergency Department, First Emergency Responders Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1.5 hr., Nov. 22, 2002. 379. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, Vehicular Deaths, 8 hr., Jan. 27-31, 2003 380. Report of First Forensic Science Educators Conference, 56th Annual meeting American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chicago, IL, Feb. 20, 2003 381. Introductions to the Forensic Sciences, Lindbergh High School Scholars, 1 hr., Mar. 12, 2003 382 Training, Registry and Certification of Investigators, Institutes of Medicine, Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System, National Academies of Science, Washington, DC, Mar. 24, 2003 383. Adequacy of Expertise and Services Available to Death Investigation Systems – Other Consultants and Services, Institutes of Medicine, Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System, National Academies of Science, Washington, DC, Mar. 24, 2003 384. Role of the ML Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Thermal Injuries, Weather-related Deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, 7 hr., Apr. 7-11, 2003 385. Death Scene Investigation, Are Your Sure It’s a Natural Death, Kentucky Coroners Annual Training Meeting, Louisville, KY, Apr. 23-24, 2003. 386. Differentiating between Homicide and Suicide at the Scene, Death Scene Investigation, Are Your Sure It’s a Natural Death? Indiana Coroner 2004 Annual Training Conference, June 2122, 2003 387. Introductions to Masters 10 Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, July 28-31, 2003. 388. The ABMDI – Where We Were and Where We Are Now, ABMDI Attendees Gathering, Hyatt Regency Hotel, St. Louis, MO, July 28, 2003 389. Medicolegal Death Investigator Course, 6 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, Oct. 6-10, 2003 390. Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 20, 2003 391. The Role of a Medicolegal Death Investigator, Saint Louis University, Criminal Justice class, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 23, 2003. 392. Differentiating between Homicide and Suicide at the Scene, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Death Investigation, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death, Identification of the Dead, Jackson County Missouri, Forensic Symposium, Kansas City, MO, Nov. 3, 2003 393. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office and Morgue Facility Tour, Saint Louis University Investigative/Clinical Laboratory Science students, Nov. 13, 2003 394. Patience with OUR Patients, ER: Some Watch it, We Live It, Practical Anatomy Workshop, St. Louis Medical Society, Nov. 22, 2003 395. Death Scene Investigation, Saint Louis University Investigative/Clinical Laboratory Science students, Dec. 4, 2003 396. Medicolegal Death Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, Jan. 26-30, 2004 397. The 2004 Advanced Forensic Science Educators Conference in St. Louis, 56th Annual Meeting 37
of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX, Feb. 20, 2004 398.Death Scene Investigation – Medicolegal Death Investigation #11, Lubbock County Medical Examiner’s office and Texas Tec Institute of Forensic Sciences, Lubbock, TX, Mar. 4, 2004 399. Forensic Science Specialties – Future Careers in Forensic Sciences, Lindbergh High School Gifted Program Seniors, St. Louis County, MO, Mar. 11, 2004 400. Introduction to Death Scene Investigation, University of Missouri St. Louis Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, MO, Mar. 15, 2004 401. Introduction to Forensic Pathology, Saint Louis University 1st & 2nd Year Medical Students Elective, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Mar. 24, 2004 402. CSI – in St. Louis – Investigating Deaths for the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Missouri Clinical Lab Science/St. Louis CLMA Annual Spring Conference, Doubletree Hotel, St. Louis, MO, April 29, 2004 403. Medicolegal Death Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, April 24-28, 2004 404 Motor Vehicle Fatality Injuries and Identification Techniques, Annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Traffic Accident Investigators, Four Points Sheraton, Rock Island, IL, May 21, 2004. 405. Motor Vehicle Fatalities, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO, June 9, 2004 406. Introduction to the Second Forensic Science Educators Conference, Saint Louis University Learning Resources Center, July 20, 2004. 407. The Medicolegal Death Investigator, Second Forensic Science Educators Conference, Saint Louis University Learning Resources Center, July 20, 2004. 408. Investigating Hospice Deaths in St. Louis County, MO, 38th meeting of National Association of Medical Examiners, Nashville, TN, Sept. 13, 2004 409. Patience with Our Patients, 17th Annual Trauma Care Conference, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 22, 2004 410. Medicolegal Death Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, Oct. 4-8, 2004 411. Death Scene Investigation, University of Missouri – St. Louis, Forensic Anthropology class, St. Louis, MO., Oct. 20, 2004 412, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death? and Patience with our Patients, 15th Annual IOWA EMS Association Conference and Trade Show, Nov. 12, 2004, Des Moines, IA, Nov. 12, 2004 413. Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death? Deaconess Hospital 7th Annual Trauma Conference, Evansville, IN, Nov. 13, 2004 414. Death Investigation in St. Louis County, Webster Groves High School Career Day, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, MO, Dec. 2, 2004. 415, Death Investigation and the Forensic Sciences, Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science, Saint Louis University School of Allied Health, Dec. 2, 2004 416.Medicolegal Death Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, Jan. 24-8, 2005 417.The Real World of Forensic Scientists – NOT CSI!, Keynote Lecture, Illinois ASCLS, A Constituent Society of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 2005 annual meeting, Springfield, IL, Apr. 14, 2005 418. Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, 38
MO, Apr.25-29, 2005 419. The Real World of Forensic Science – NOT CSI, Keynote speaker, 19th Annual Combined Clinical Conference for Emergency Care, Lake of the Ozarks, MO Aug. 12, 2005. 420. Patience with our Patients, 19th Annual Combined Clinical Conference for Emergency Care, Lake of the Ozarks, MO Aug. 12, 2005. 421. The Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator in the Legal System, Missouri Office of Prosecution Services, 2005 Fall Statewide Training, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, Sept. 1, 2005 422. Death Scene Investigation and Investigation of Fire Fatalities, 38th Annual Fire & Fraud Investigation Conference, Crown Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 12, 2005 423. Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death?, Identification of the Dead, Patience with OUR Patients, 19th Annual University of Okoboji EMS Conference, Iowa Lakes Community College, Emmetsburg, IA, Sept. 24-25, 2005 424. Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, Oct. 3-7, 2005 425. Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death?, Investigation of Fire Fatalities, Michigan Assn. of Medical Examiners, Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, MI, Oct. 28, 2005 426. Role of the Coroner, Investigation of Fire Fatalities, Death Scene Investigation, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death?, Differentiating Between Homicide and Suicide at the Scene, 2005 Coroners’ Death Investigation Conference, Hilton Hotel, Jackson, MS, Nov.14-15, 2005 427. Infant Death Scene Recreation, Sudden, Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 16, 2005 428. Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Differentiating Between Homicide and Suicide at the Scene, The Real World of Forensic Science – NOT CSI., 19th Annual Fremont County Sudden Death Seminar, Riverton, WY, Dec. 7-8, 2005 429. The Real World of Forensic Science – NOT CSI, Overland Rotary Club, Overland, MO Dec. 21, 2005 430. Investigator Course, 5 presentations, Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO, Jan. 23-27, 2006. 431. The Real World of Forensic Science – NOT CSI, ER: Some Watch It WE LIVE IT, Emergency Skills Workshop, Practical Anatomy, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Mar. 17, 2006 432. Death Scene Investigation, University of Missouri – St. Louis campus, Forensic Anthropology Class, Mar. 22, 2006 433. The Real World of Forensic Science – NOT CSI, The UMC Chapter Sigma Xi 2006, Spring Lectureship and Induction Ceremony, Keynote Speaker, University of Missouri Columbia, April 6, 2006 434 The Role of the Medical Examiner System in the Community, Forensic Elective students, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Apr. 12, 2006 435. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (170 attendees): Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Fire Deaths, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Opening And Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, April 24-28, 2006 436. Interviewing and Investigative Data Collection, Sudden Unexplained Infant Death 39
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Investigation National Training Academy, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, June 12, 2006 Death Scene Investigation and Blood Spatter Interpretation, AIMS Summer Forensic Workshop, Saint Louis University Practical Anatomy Dept., June 20, 2006 Blood Spatter Interpretation, Advanced Crime Scene Course, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO, June 22, 2006 Forensic Science Educators’ Conference FSEC III STL, Conference Director and Master of Ceremonies, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, July 24-26, 2006 Interviewing and Investigative Data Collection, Sudden Unexplained Infant Death National Training Academy, CDC/Emory University, Atlanta, GA , Sept. 18, 2006
441. Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death? (Keynote) 2006 Missouri State LEPC (Local Emergency Preparedness Conference), Oasis Convention Center, Springfield, MO, Sept. 21, 2006 442. Identification Techniques (Special Seminar), 2006 Missouri State LEPC (Local Emergency Preparedness Conference), Oasis Convention Center, Springfield, MO, Sept. 22, 2006 443. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (160 attendees): Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Opening and Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Oct. 2-6, 2006 444. The Real World of Forensic Science – NOT CSI, Clinical Laboratory Science class, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 9, 2006 445. The Origin of the AAFS Forensic Science Educators’ Conferences, Council of Scientific Society Presidents’ Carl Sagan Award Dinner, Army-Navy Club, Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2006 446. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (110 attendees): Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Death Investigation, Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Opening and Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Jan. 22-26, 2007 447. The Forensic Science Educators’ Conference STL III, 59th American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 24, 2007 448. The Role of the Medical Examiner in St. Louis County Government, Public Health Nurses, Communicable Disease Section, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Mar. 20, 2007 449. The St. Louis County, MO Medical Examiner’s Office, Introduction to Forensic Pathology elective, SLU 1st and 2nd year Medical Students, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Apr. 4, 2007 450. The Role of the Medical Examiner in Today’s Society, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, SLU Criminal Justice Forensic Biology class, April 10, 2007 451. Death Scene Investigation, Forensic Anthropology class, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Apr. 11, 2007 452. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (160 attendees): Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Death Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Opening and Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Apr. 23-27, 2007 40
453. Interviewing and Investigative Data Collection, Sudden Unexplained Infant Death National Training Academy, Boston University, Boston, MA, Apr. 30, 2007 454. Death Scene Investigation, Elderhostel – Forensics, sponsored by St. Charles Community College, Days Inn, Cottleville, MO, May 8, 2007 455. The Role of the Medical Examiner Office in St. Louis County, MO, UMSL Student Nurses, Medical Examiner’s office, June 14, 2007 456. Interviewing and Investigative Data Collection Parts 1 and 2, Sudden Unexplained Infant Death National Training Academy, Albuquerque, NM, Aug. 8, 2007 457. Conducting Witness Interviews, Sudden Unexplained Infant Death National Training Academy, Albuquerque, NM, Aug. 6, 2007 458. The Role of the Medical Examiner in Organ and Tissue Procurement, Mid America Transplant Team and Missouri Baptist Hospital Critical Care Management Team, Missouri Baptist Hospital, Sept. 26, 2007 459. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (165 attendees): Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Death Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death? Closing Remarks, Saint Louis Univ. School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Oct. 1-5, 2007 460. Death Investigation in an Author’s World, Sisters in Crime National Conference, Hilton Hotel, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 3, 2007 461. Death Investigation, 2007 Elderhostel Conference, sponsored by St. Charles Community College, Days Inn, St. Charles, MO, Nov. 6, 2007 462. The Real World of Forensic Science, Death Scene Investigation, SLU Clinical Laboratory Science Students, School of Nursing, Nov. 8, 2007 463. Blood Spatter Interpretation, SLU School of Law students, Law School, Nov. 3, 2007 464. Role of the Coroner, Death Scene Investigation, Identification Techniques, Infant/Child Deaths and Scene Recreations, Fire Deaths, Motor Vehicle deaths, Are You Sure It’s a Natural Death?, Differentiating between Homicide and Suicide at the Scene. Mississippi Medical Examiners Basic Death Investigation Conference, Jackson, MS, Dec. 3-5, 2007 465. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (102 attendees): Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Jan. 21-25, 2008 466. Death Investigation, American Association of Critical Care Nurses 26th Annual Spring Symposium Annual meeting, Emerging Trends in Critical Care, St. Charles, MO Convention Center, St. Charles , MO, Mar. 30, 2008 467. The Role of the Medical Examiner System in the Community, Forensic Elective 1st and 2md year Saint Louis University Medical students, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Mar. 29, 2008 468. The Role of a Medicolegal Death Investigator, Death Scene Investigation, The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Lambda Alpha Epsilon, American Criminal Justice Association 2008 National Conference, Hyatt Regency Kansas City, MO, Apr. 9, 2008 469. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course (156 attendees): Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of 41
Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Apr. 21-25, 2008. 470. Role of the Medical Examiner, Saint Louis University Forensic Science Certificate students, St. Louis County Medical Examiners Office, Apr. 29, 2008 471. Fifth Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigation Academy, Conducting Witness Interviews, Interviewing and Data Collection Techniques, Madison Renaissance Hotel, Seattle, WA, May 12, 2008. 472. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course, Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Fatalities, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Oct. 6-10, 2008 473. St. Louis County Police Academy, Advanced Crime Scene Investigation Class, Blood Spatter Pattern Interpretation. St. Louis, MO, Oct. 21, 2008 474. Death Scene Investigation, Saint Louis University School of Allied Health, CLS-100 Forensic Science class, 35 attendees, School of Nursing, Oct. 30, 2008 475. Patience with Our Patients, Are you SURE it’s a NATURAL DEATH?, Trends in Emergency Care Conference, Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center, LaCrosse, WI, Nov. 7, 2008 476. Natural vs. Suspicious Death, St. Charles Community College, Elderhostel Forensics Program, Days Inn - St. Charles, MO, Nov. 19, 2008 477. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Jan. 5-9, 2009. 478. Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death, Forensic Elective, PA106, 8 First-year medical students, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s office, St. Louis, April 8, 2009 479. Death Scene Investigation, Forensic Anthropology class, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Apr. 15, 2009. 480. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, April 20-24, 2009. 481. Death Scene Investigation, Introduction to Forensic Science class, Harris Stowe State University, Henry Gibbons Administration Building, Apr. 28, 2009. 482. Death Scene Investigation, Death Investigation Seminar for Law Enforcement Detectives, St. Louis County Police Academy, May 18, 2009 483. Fire Deaths, Are you SURE it’s a Natural Death?, Death Investigation Seminar for Law Enforcement Detectives, St. Louis County Police Academy, May 19, 2009 484. SOMDI – A New Organization for Medicolegal Death Investigators, Masters 13 Conference, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, July 30, 2009 485. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, LRC Main Auditorium, Aug. 17-21, 2009 486. SOMDI – The Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators, 43rd Annual meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 14, 2009 487. Motor Vehicle Fatalities – Accident Reconstruction Conference, Missouri Traffic Management 42
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Center, Chesterfield, MO, Sept. 24, 2009 Death Investigation – How it REALLY is DONE, Novelists Inc. Forensic Day, NINC Does Forensics, Drury Plaza Hotel at the Arch, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 1, 2009 The Real World of Forensic Science, NOT CSI! Death Scene Investigation, Freshman Allied Health Symposium, Saint Louis University Allied Health Department, SLU School of Nursing, Nov. 5, 2009 The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Allied Health Auditorium, Jan. 4-8, 2010. Role of the Death Investigator, American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2010 Annual meeting Workshop, Feb. 22, 2010, Seattle, WA Death Scene Investigation, American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2010 Annual meeting Workshop, Feb. 22, 2010, Seattle, WA SOMDI - The Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators, American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2010 Annual meeting, General Section presentation, Feb. 25, 2010, Seattle, WA Arkansas State Coroners Association 2010 Annual Seminar, 6 presentations, Little Rock, AR, Mar. 4-6, 2010. The Role of the Medical Examiner’s Office in St. Louis County deaths, Washington University School of A&S, Dept. of Psychology, Living, Dying & Death Class, Mar. 29, 2010 Evidence Collection from the Body, 2010 Missouri State Public Defender Conference, Branson, MO, Apr. 9, 2010 Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2010 Introduction to Forensic Pathology elective, St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s office, Apr. 14, 2010 The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Blood Spatter Interpretation, Death Scene Investigation, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Allied Health Auditorium, April 26-30, 2010. Certification and the Coroner’s Office: What Does the Future Hold for the Professional Death Investigator, Keynote, 2010 Ohio State Coroners Association 65th Annual Educational Conference, Westin Downtown Hotel, Cincinnati, OH, May 7, 2010 The Importance of Medicolegal Death Investigation Certification, Forensic Death Investigation Symposium, W Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ, June 8, 2010 The ABMDI – the Certification board for Medicolegal Death Investigators, Interagency Working Group making recommendations to the Executive Office regarding the NAS Report topic: Accreditation and Certification of Medicolegal Death Investigators, teleconference, July 14, 2010. The Real World of the Medical Examiner, Friends of the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis County Medical Examiner Office, July 23, 2010 The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Deaths, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Allied Health Auditorium, Aug. 6-10, 2010. Panel leader, SUID Case Registry Pilot Program Reverse Site Visit and Partner meeting 43
Conference, CDC headquarters, Atlanta, GA, Aug.30-31, 2010 505. Death Scene Investigation and Fire Deaths, Death Investigation Seminar, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO Oct. 2, 2010 506. Are you SURE it is a Natural Death? Death Investigation Seminar, St. Louis County Police Academy, St. Louis, MO Oct. 3, 2010 507. The Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Introduction to Forensic Science, SOC 260, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO Dec. 6, 2010 508. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Deaths, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Allied Health Auditorium, January 10-14, 2011 512. The Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators in now Operational, 2011 annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, General Section, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Feb. 25, 2011 513. Patience with OUR Patients, Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Ritz Charles Conference Center, Overland Park, KS, Mar. 3, 2011 514. The Medicolegal Death Investigators’ Course: Opening Remarks, Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator, Identification Techniques, Death Scene Investigation, Fire Deaths, Are You SURE It’s a Natural Death?, Closing Remarks, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Learning Resources Center Main Auditorium, Mar. 14-18, 2011 519. Death Scene Investigation, Introduction to Forensic Pathology class, St. Louis University first year medical students, St. Louis County MEO, March 23, 2011 520. The Medicolegal Death Investigator and Death Investigation, The Story of Murder course U48-361, Washington University, Eads Hall, St. Louis, MO, Apr. 18, 2011
COURT EXPERT CERTIFICATION; Court Certified as Expert in Medicolegal Death Investigation, July 14, 2005 in Division 5 of Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri in case State v. Ervell Hoover (03CR000013A ADVANCED STUDIES: Blood Stain Pattern Institute, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, 1978, Instructor: Dr. Herbert MacDonnell. Advanced Bloodstain Evidence Workshop, Valencia College, Orlando, Florida, October 22-26, 1990, Instructor, Judith Bunker. National Association of Exposition Managers, Internship Program, Chicago, Illinois, October 24, 1996. Project Management Seminar, Fred Pryor Seminars, St. Louis, Missouri, Oct 24, 1996. 44
Mass Fatalities Incident Response Course, St. Louis County Police Academy, November 18 - 21, 1996. Mass Fatalities Incident Response, Train-the-Trainer Course, Emergency Management Institutes, National Emergency Training Center, Emmittsburg, Maryland, Jan. 13-16, 1997. Suspicious Burn Injury Investigations & Interview and Interrogation, St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy, Maritz Inc, Fenton, MO, Apr. 15-16, 2004 St. Louis County Emergency Management Seminar, Personal training in use of SCBA equipment, June 22 and 25, 2005, St. Louis County Emergency Management Center, St. Louis, MO. St. Louis County Emergency Management Seminar, Emergency Preparation Training, Aug. 24, 2004, St. Louis County North Central Community Health Center, St. Louis, MO. St. Louis County Emergency Management Seminar, Emergency Preparation Training, Aug. 2005, St. Louis County North Central Community Health Center, St. Louis, MO. St. Louis County Emergency Management Seminar, Emergency Preparation Training, St. Louis County Health Department, St. Louis, MO. Ready in 3, March 2, 2006 Federal Emergency Management Institute, on-line courses: IS-00700 – National Incident Management System and (NIMS) an Introduction; IS-00100 – Introduction to the Incident Command System, 2006 . MISCELLANEOUS: September, 1997 - April, 1998 - Major Effort: In reference to an article from the Kansas City Times and St. Louis Post Dispatch circa April 15 and 17, 1998, more than 100 hours were spent to oppose application of American College of Forensic Examiners who wanted to offer Missouri’s first forensic science doctoral degree over the Internet. I recruited more than 60 highly respected forensic scientist-educators from throughout the US to write letters to the Missouri State Board of Higher Education (MSBHE) explaining why forensic science education is not adaptable to online learning. The effort was a success and the MSBHE did NOT accredit the internet forensic science doctoral degree program. February 2001 - July 2002 - Major Effort: 45
Forensic Science Educators Conference – STL I As President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) an Educational Initiative was begun, bringing together the AAFS, Saint Louis University and the Saigh Foundation of St. Louis to conduct a three day conference (July 25-27,2002) for high school science teachers. In December 2000, the TIMMS (Third International Mathematics and Science Survey) report was released that reported the results of science testing on children completing the 4th grade, 8th grade and 12th grades. The United States competed against 43 countries. In the 4th grade, US students were ranked in the highest quartile. In 8th grade, US students were at the 50% mark. At the end of 12th grade, students ranked in the lowest quartile of the 44 countries studied. Middle and high school students are currently enthralled with anything having to do with crime or forensic sciences, as noted by popular TV shows such as CSI, the Forensic Files, Crossing Jordan, etc. In an attempt to improve US students’ science knowledge, the Saigh Foundation will support this conference bringing together 40 St. Louis area high school science teachers who will receive Saigh scholarships to attend this conference. There will be 160 additional registrations available for science teachers nationwide for a nominal registration fee. This conference will feature AAFS speakers from 13 forensic science disciplines who will lecture on Day 1 and Day 2. Eight workshops will be held on Day 3 to assist the teachers develop lesson plans that they can immediately use to assist them in their science classes. The Saint Louis University Division of Forensic Pathology, Department of Anatomy, Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, Departments of Orthodontics and Clinical Lab Science, as well as the Department of Chemistry have all agreed to collaborate with this effort. One hundred-forty (140) Metropolitan St. Louis Middle and High School Science Teachers, and Criminal Justice Students attended the three-day conference from July 25-27, 2002. April 2003 - July 2004 - Major Effort: Forensic Science Educators Conference – St. Louis II Three part, five-day conference conducted at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, July 19-24, 2004. This is a partnership between the Saigh Foundation who funded this activity with a $50,000 grant, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and Saint Louis University School of Medicine. In an attempt to improve US students’ science knowledge, the Saigh Foundation supported this conference bringing together 50 St. Louis area high school science teachers who will receive Saigh scholarships to attend this conference. There were 150 additional registrations available for science teachers nationwide for a nominal registration fee. This conference featured local St. Louis AAFS speakers from various forensic science disciplines who lectured on Day 1 and Day 2. Ten workshops were held on Day 3 and Day 4 46
conducted by veteran, experienced high school forensic science teachers who assisted new science teachers use established lesson plans that they can immediately put into practice in their science classrooms. The Saint Louis University Division of Forensic Pathology, Department of Anatomy, Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, Departments of Orthodontics and Clinical Lab Science, as well as the Department of Chemistry all collaborated with this effort. October 2005- July 2006 - Major Effort: Forensic Science Educators Advanced Conference – St. Louis III Three-day conference was conducted at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, July 24-26, 2006. This is a partnership between the Saigh Foundation who has funded this activity with a $50,000 grant to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Approximately 115 high school and middle school teachers attended this conference. Sixty-nine St. Louis area teachers were provided full scholarships. The Graduate School of Education did accredit this conference for 2 hours of SLU graduate credit. In an attempt to improve US students’ science knowledge, the Saigh Foundation has supported these conferences for the past five years bringing together more than 100 St. Louis area high school science teachers who will receive Saigh scholarships to attend this conference. An additional 150 high school science teachers from throughout the United States have also attended the first two conferences for a nominal registration fee payable to the AAFS. Over the past five years, six other universities have followed our lead and conducted Forensic Science Educators basic conferences at Pace University in New York City (10/02), University of Texas at Arlington (10/03), Chaminade University of Honolulu (6/04), St. Louis University School of Medicine (7/04), Louisiana State University (11/04), West Virginia University (7/05) and Cedar Crest College (10/05). In May 2006 a basic course was conducted at Florida Gulf Coast University and in June 2006 Indiana University/Purdue University conducted a basic conference. Basic conferences at Michigan State and a second Chaminade University of Honolulu are planned for 2007. This was the first totally Advanced FSEC conducted. It featured AAFS members, Richard Saferstein, the #1 author of forensic science textbooks for high school students. He will introduce his 8th edition at our conference and provide a signed copy for each attendee. Also scheduled is Dr. Jan Garavaglia (a Saint Louis University Medical School graduate) who is “Dr. G” of the current, highly popular nationwide TV show. Other nationwide recognized experts spoke on the following topics: Polygraph, Profiling, Patterned Injuries, Forensic Analysis of Inks, Paint and Glitter, Worldwide Mass Casualty response, Forensic Science Teaching Resources (the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and Law), Digital evidence, Forensic Engineering, The Daubert Decision, Forensic Nursing, Fire Science and Explosions and the CSI Effect.
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The Saint Louis University Division of Forensic Pathology, Departments of Anatomy, Criminal Justice and Sociology, Graduate School and Clinical Lab Science all collaborated on this effort. July 2007 to July 2008 - Major Effort: Forensic Science Educators Advanced Conference – St. Louis IV – 2008 Saigh Grant funding of $15,000 was received on July 16, 2007 for the FSEC/STL IV conference held at Saint Louis University School of Medicine July 21-23, 2008. Because this was an 'advanced" course with emphasis on hands-on labs, registrations were limited to 75. All 75 slots were filled by the teachers from 32 metropolitan St. Louis high schools and middle schools who received full Saigh scholarships and additional teachers from outside the area and state. Tru TV also financially supported the conference. Four AAFS members spoke at the conference (Dr. Marcella Fierro, Dayle Hinman, Dr. Reena Roy and Mary Fran Ernst). Eight St. Louis areabased speakers completed the program. The conference was a total success as acclaimed by teacher evaluations. Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators (SOMDI) Efforts began in February, 2007 to create a professional medicolegal death investigator association. Advertised July, 2007 at Masters 12 Conference, the Oct. 2007 MLDI course, January, April and October 2008 MLDI courses and January, April and August 2009 MLDI courses and the July, 2009 Masters 13 Conference as well as the Sept. 14, 2009 NAME Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA and 2010 AAFS Annual meeting in Seattle, WA. The Society has been trademarked and is incorporated in the State of Missouri. Membership information will become available April 1, 2011. Revised 3/27/2011
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