VIFM supports the DVI effort after PNG’s worst air crash disaster
VIFM supports the disaster victim identification effort after Papua New Guinea’s worst air crash disaster in October 2011.
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Workshop on the Medico-Legal Investigation of Sexual Violence (Apia, Samoa)
Workshop on the Medico-Legal Investigation of Sexual Violence (Apia, Samoa).
VIFM’s forensic scientists put the bite on crime
Forensic specialists from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine recently presented papers at the 2011 Symposium of the Australian Society of Forensic Odontologists (AusFO) in Darwin (Northern Territory, 14 – 16 October 2011).
Truth from the tooth: Forensic Odontology solves an age old problem
The ability to assign accurate age estimates to human remains and living individuals is becoming an increasingly important element of forensic practice. In mass fatality events where many people have lost their lives and are often unable to be visually identified, being able to separate individuals based upon their age as determined by skeletal and/or dental development is a vital part of the disaster victim identification operation.
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Annual General Meeting
VIFM staff will be attending the Annual General Meeting and Strategic Planning Council Meeting of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia which sets the strategic direction for the College in 2012.
Bone of Contention
Forensic Dentist and Doctoral student at Monash University, Dr Richard Bassed discusses the use of wrist x-rays to determine the age of people smugglers in an article that has recently been published on TheConversation website.
New Molecular Biology lab open for business
On July 1st 2011, staff of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine celebrated an important milestone in the ongoing major redevelopment of the Coronial Services Centre in Southbank when the new VIFM Molecular Biology laboratory was declared open for business.
Forensic Experts Identify Ned Kelly Remains
One of the greatest mysteries in Australian history has been solved within the walls of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine.
New Coronial Centre for Southbank
Funding from the Victorian and Federal Governments will contribute to a new state-of-the-art, high tech Coronial Services Centre at Southbank.