VIFM Teaching and Research
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The Department of Forensic Medicine, a strategic partnership between Monash University & VIFM, seeks to educate and inspire the next generation of forensic scientists and practitioners.
The Department of Forensic Medicine is a world leading teaching institution with state of the art facilities, offering an unparalleled opportunity to study forensic medicine and science in a fully operational forensic medical environment.
Research is a key pillar that underpins The Department of Forensic Medicine, the strategic partnership between Monash University & VIFM. Established in the late 1980’s, the Department of Forensic Medicine has since made a major contribution to the international fields of forensic medicine, science and law with more than 1,000 publications.
Obituary: Alex Onzere Kirasi OLUMBE, 4 February 1963 to 12 April 2023
We note with great sadness the death of our colleague, Dr Alex Onzere Kirasi Olumbe, a VIFM WHO Forensic Pathology Fellow and later a Senior Medical Officer in Forensic Pathology at the John Tonge Centre in Brisbane. Dr Olumbe was a long-term respected forensic practitioner in Kenya and international advisor to the WHO, FBI, Amnesty International, the ICRC and the British High Commission. For more insights into Dr Olumbe’s distinguished career see link to his Obituary.