The Toxpod

Dec 17 2024 78 ep. 31 mins 940
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Forensic Toxicology: It's a matter of half-life and death

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5 in 30 (Cognitive bias, more metabolics, electromembranes and fentalogs)

Dec 17 2024 43 mins  
We look at 5 recent publications in the field of toxicology.Ning He, et al. Contextual bias in forensic toxicology decisions: A follow-up empirical study from China. (2024) Journal of Forensic Sciences, doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15520.Kesmen, E. et al. Bioinformatics-driven untargeted metabolomic profiling for clinical screening of methamphetamine abuse. (2024) Forensic Toxicology, do

Off the Spot -TIAFT St Gallen Part 2

Nov 18 2024 32 mins  
In the final part of the St Gallen Special, The Toxpod speaks with TIAFT President Simon Elliott, Young Scientist Best Paper Award winner Liam Ward and host of TIAFT 2025, Matt Hosking.Liam Ward's paper can be found here: Ward, Liam J. et al.Postmortem metabolomics as a high-throughput cause-of-death screening tool for human death investigations, iScience, Volume 27, Issue 5, 10979

Off the Spot -TIAFT St Gallen Part 1

Nov 08 2024 27 mins  
Neither Tim or I could make it to the The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists meeting in St Gallen to get “On The Spot” interviews with delegates this year, so we asked TIAFT past President Dimitri Gerostamoulos to give us a rundown of how the meeting went. Also we have Michael Scholz, who won the Young Scientist’s best oral presentation award. Hope you enjoy

NPS Update - October 2024

Oct 23 2024 41 mins  
Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:Michael Evans-Brown, EUDAConor Crean, UNODCAlex Krotulski, CFSREAnd now hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson!These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection a

TIAFT Bulletin preview - Issue 54(2)

Aug 30 2024 12 mins  
We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.Geraldine's new podcast is called The Analytical Zen Podcast (buzzsprout.com), give it a go!Contact us at [email protected]

NPS Update - July 2024

Jul 18 2024 42 mins  
Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:Michael Evans-Brown, EUDAConor Crean, UNODCAlex Krotulski, CFSREAnd now hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson!These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection a

Samantha Tolliver

Jul 06 2024 39 mins  
Tim is joined by Samantha Tolliver, Chief Toxicologist in the District of Columbia, to discuss the challenges of running a modern forensic toxicology laboratory.Contact us at [email protected] out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not nec

TIAFT Bulletin preview - Issue 54(1)

May 19 2024 18 mins  
We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.Contact us at [email protected] out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Associa

Amphetamines in the Community (live at FACTA2024)

Mar 23 2024 45 mins  
Like all classes of drugs, amphetamines have the potential to both help and harm our communities - depending on how and why they are used. Tim hosted a panel discussion on this topic at the FACTA2024 conference, featuring A/Prof Rebecca McKetin, Dr Paul Liknaitzky, and Prof Olaf Drummer.Contact us at [email protected] out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a producti

Past TIAFT Curry Award recipients - Bryan Finkle

Mar 01 2024 68 mins  
"I used to keep a quadrupole in my pocket..." Who else can say that? Bryan received the The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists' Alan Curry Award in 2018 and was present at the "revolt" of 1963 that led to TIAFT's genesis. Even after 6 decades in toxicology he continues to support the development of our science and our scientists through the Bryan Finkle Visiting Sc