Forensic Science Day 2022

PRESENTATIONS BY STUDENT

• EVENGELINE STRICKLAND
  Early intervention, accessibility, and awareness of palliative care resources for crime prevention
   
• TYAIBAH BISWAS
  Systemic issues and the senior resident-on-resident homicide rate in Ontario long-term care homes from 2010-2019
   
• KATHRYN BEAUDOIN
  Understanding the relationship between substance use, child welfare, toxicology and suicidal ideation
   
• TAYLOR CORBETT
  Occult vs. apparent head trauma in infants: a ten-year review
   
• TASNIM ISLAM  
  Ethical and Humanitarian Considerations of Implementing a DNA databank
   
• CYNTHIA STEPHEN  
  Human remains detection dogs’ ability to detect human remains in open water environments
   
• MAYA COMEAU  
  Age and autofluorescence of bone
   
• HO WYLIE LAM  
  Influence of sex on estimating adult age with radiographs of the proximal femur
   
• MICHAL BLECHMAN  
  Ancestry assessment using the proximal femur
   
• ZAHEER KHAN  
  The use of the stain width variance to distinguish cast-off and impact bloodstain patterns: A preliminary study
   
• VERONIKA VARECHOVSKA 
  Using alternate light sources to distinguish fly artifacts from bloodstains
   
• VICTORIA BAKKER  
  The interferences of crime scene clean up on blood detection with Leucocrystal Violet
   
• EMILY SANTOS 
  AccuTrans as an effective technique for the recovery of bloody fingerprints from human skin
   
• JUSTIN KHAN  
  Determining an effective technique for latent fingerprint development on red money packets
   
• JUNSIK MOON  
  Development of latent fingerprints on Tim Horton’s cups
   
• SARAH CHEH  
  Post-mortem identification using 3D fingerprints
   
• DAVID (MYLES) LATOUR  
  Canadian juries and the expanded fingerprint conclusion scale: an analysis on jury understanding of “support for same source”
   
• SHIAN VALLES 
  Distortion in Bureau Voor Dactyloscopische Artikelen gel-lifted footwear impressions
   
• VIRGINIA CHIU 
  Does the Phadebas press test dilute samples and affect DNA yield?
   
• HOLLY REAUME 
  Effect of fabric pre-treatments on DNA recovery from blood-stained textiles
   
• VANESSA LITTLE 
  Evaluation of three manual extraction methods for performance, accuracy, and reliability in forensic genetics
   
• NELLA VEKIC  
  Forensic significance of two novel psychoactive benzodiazepines
   
• TAYLOR HUGHES 
  Substance use disorder and the effect on psychotic disorder diagnoses and symptoms
   
• YASHIKA SHROFF 
  Motivational influences and trajectories in the context of major mental illness
   
• DESTINY WALSH  
  Assessing the effects of COVID-19 related segregation in SMI offenders
   
• MAGGIE KU  
  The CSI effect on trial: does the presence of an opposing expert witness influence expert credibility and mitigate the rates of wrongful conviction in Canada?

MENTOR: Eugene Liscio, P.Eng., AI2-3D Forensics.

• WANYING CAO
  Comparison of damage patterns on fabrics caused by the TASER probes
   
• CORRIN DOUCETTE
  TASER burn marks on skin in drive stun and probe mode using three TASER models
   
• HANNAH RUFFO
  Characterizing the burn marks from the drive stun mode of a TASER on fabrics
   
• YU RAN (DANNY) ZHOU
  TASER distance determination for models X26P, X2, and TASER 7

MENTOR: Caitlin Pakosh, J.D., Assistant Professor, University of Toronto MIssissauga

• MADISON (MARD) DEWIT, HARVEEN SRAN, KATHITA PATHAK, PRIYAL BHAVSAR
  The effect of different visual aids on jury comprehension of virtual expert witness testimony

MENTOR: Rasumus Rosenberg Larsen, PhD., Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga

• ERICKA LIWANAG, OLIVIA O’CONNOR
  The psychopathy label and psychopathy assessment tools: Their role in Canadian court cases

MENTOR: Wade Knaap. Det. Cst (Retired), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga

• ERICKA LIWANAG, OLIVIA O’CONNOR
  The psychopathy label and psychopathy assessment tools: Their role in Canadian court cases

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS!
SEE YOU IN 2023!