Published on: 17-09-2024
The 2024 winners of the TIAFT Awards were announced at the President's Banquet closing the TIAFT 2024 Annual Meeting in St. Gallen. We are happy to congratulate the well-deserved winners!
- Alan Curry Award
- For a lifetime contribution to analytical and forensic toxicology
- Alice Chasin (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
- TIAFT Achievement Award
- For outstanding scientific track record of a TIAFT member under 46 years of age
- Jennifer Schumann (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Australia)
- Randall Baselt Award
- For the best interpretation paper in Journal of Analytical Toxicology
- "A model of evaluative opinion to encourage greater transparency and justification of interpretation in postmortem forensic toxicology"(Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2023, Volume 47, Issue 7, pages 563-573)
- Peter D. Maskell (Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services, United Kingdom)
- TIAFT Bulletin Award
- Best article published in the TIAFT Bulletin
- "CBD and Δ8-THC: Are your cannabis methods still good?" (TIAFT Bulletin, Volume 54, Issue 2, pages 18-21)
- Svante Vikingsson (RTI International, United States of America)
- Young Scientists Best Oral Award
- Best oral presentation at the annual meeting by a Young Scientist (not older than 40 years of age)
- "The effects of sleepiness on the metabolome - Road to biomarkers in oral fluid"
- Michael Scholz (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
- Young Scientists Best Poster Award
- Best poster presentation at the annual meeting by a Young Scientist (not older than 40 years of age)
- "Characterization of serotonin transporter modulators employing a new in vitro activity-based assay"
- Axelle Timmerman (Ghent, Belgium)
- Young Scientists Best Paper Award
- Best paper authored by a Young Scientist (not older than 40 years of age)
- "Postmortem metabolomics as a high-throughput cause-of-death screening tool for human death investigations"(iScience, Volume 27, Issue 5, 109794)
- Liam J. Ward (National Board of Forensic Medicine, Sweden)