Description
Forensic Epidemiology
Principles and Practice
Coordinators: Freeman Michael, Zeegers Maurice P.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Forensic Epidemiology:
Keywords
Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS)Generalized estimating equation (GEE)National Automotive Sampling System-Crashworthiness Data Sample (NASS-CDS)New Injury Severity Score (NISS)Rollover crash; Abusive head trauma; Accident; Anisotropy; Attributable fraction under the exposed (AFe)Comparative risk ratio (CRR)Incidence; Autopsy; Bacterial meningitis; Biomechanics; Bradford Hill criteria; Cardiomyopathy; Causation; Cause of death; Concussion; Corded window blinds; Coroner; Crash reconstruction; Daubert v; Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals; Delta V; Doxorubicin; Epistemology; Federal rules of evidence; Frye v; United States; General Electric Co; v; Joiner; Inc.Kumho Tire Co; v; Carmichael; Genetic epidemiology; Homicide; Injury biomechanics; Injury pattern analysis (IPA)National Automotive Sampling System-Crashworthiness Data Sample (NASS-CDS)Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)Ischemic stroke; Kaplan�Meier; Life expectancy; Life table; Manner of death; Mechanics; Medical examiner; Medicolegal; Modulus of elasticity; Nap Nanny; National Automotive Sampling System-Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS)Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS)Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)t-PA; Natural and unnatural death; Odds ratio (OR)Prevalence; Probability of causation (PC)Proportional liability; Probability of causation (PC)Relative risk; Relative risk (RR)Risk; Retinal hemorrhage; Roof crush; Shaken baby syndrome; Shaken impact syndrome; Strain; Stress; Subdural hematoma; Suicide; Survival analysis; Threshold liability; Toxic tort; Toxicogenomics; Weibull
434 p. · 19x23.3 cm · Hardback
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1. History of Epidemiology in the courts
2. History of FE
3. Basic tenets of Epidemiology
4. Different types of epidemiologic studies used in FE
5. Test accuracy
6. Statistical tests used in Epidemiology
7. Probability and the Law
8. Common logical fallacies encountered in FE
9. Causation
10. Sources of data for FE investigation
Adjunctive disciplines utilized in FE investigations
11. Medicine
12. Toxicology
13. Pharmacology
14. Biomechanics
15. Principles of death investigation
Applied Forensic Epidemiology
16. Governmental uses of epidemiologic investigation
17. FE in criminal cases
18. FE in civil cases
19. Toxic tort investigation
20. Product defect investigation
21. Injury litigation
22. Medical negligence
23. Life expectancy projections
Primary: Forensic practitioners, public health, upper-level undergrad forensic epidemiology / forensic science instructors / students
Secondary: Legal community
Dr. Freeman has more than 170 published scientific papers, books, and book chapters, primarily focusing on issues relating to forensic applications of epidemiology and general and specific causation. He has published research on the topics of traffic crash-related injury and death, injury biomechanics and injury causation, genocide, cancer epidemiology, chronic pain mechanisms, and adult autologous stem cell therapy, inter alia.
Dr. Freeman holds academic appointments at the CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care at Maastricht University Medical Center, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, and Aarhus University, Department of Forensic Medicine. He serves as an Affiliate Medical Examiner with the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office in Pittsburg, PA.
Dr. Freeman holds a doctor of medicine degree (Med.Dr., Umeå University), a doctorate in in public health with a major focus in epidemiology (Ph.D., Oregon State University), and an MPH degree (Oregon State University), inter alia.
Dr. Maurice Zeegers has dedicated his career to researching bladder cancer, during which he has directed numerous research studies and randomized clinical trials to investigate the relationship between nutrition and urinary bladder carcinogenesis. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the highest-ranked academic journals and is regularly invited to speak on the topic at international scientific conferences. Dr. Zeegers currently holds a Chair in Complex Genetics and Epidemiology as full professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, w
- Historical perspective on how epidemiologic evidence of causation has been used in courts in the US and Europe
- Theory and science underlying the use of risk to assess individual causation
- Primer on epidemiologic methods, and various measures used to arrive at individualized comparative risk assessments and PC
- The use of statistical methods applied to publicly available data for ad hoc analysis of PC applicable to the specific circumstances of a case
- Background on complementary disciplines, including forensic pathology, death investigation, biomechanics, and survival analysis
- Examples of applied FE in the investigation of traffic injury and death, automotive and other product defect litigation, medical negligence, and criminal prosecution and defense