I/UCRC Planning Grant: Forensic Science

法医学高级研究中心（CARFS）将设在爱荷华州立大学，作为牵头机构。该中心的使命是提供一个多学科论坛，以促进法医学的研究和创新，加强相关科学学科的教育，并改善法医学从业者发现的解释和道德交流。CARFS将讨论法医学评估的人类、分析和统计基础，包括人类观察者偏差和证据解释、法医学分析的评估和创新（包括计算和技术创新）以及用于提高法医学评估推断有效性的统计抽样和测量方法等主题。拟建的多学科中心将为培养新科学家提供重要的机会，并为跨学科参与提供环境。与爱荷华州立大学的科学绑定计划的协调将促进重要的研究和指导经验，为代表性不足的高中生和本科生。CARFS的研究团队分布在科学、社会科学、教育、工程和统计学的关键学科，他们的兴趣将直接有助于在许多重要学科的法医实践，包括毒理学、火器和工具标记、质疑文件、痕量证据、受控物质、生物筛选、骨折模式、印记证据和血迹模式分析。爱荷华州立大学的中西部法医学资源中心也将通过促进科学家-从业者合作，并确保通过已建立的从业者网络传播发现的重要机会，为I/UCRC的这项工作提供支持。

The Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS) will be based at Iowa State University as the lead institution. The mission of the proposed Center is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for advancing research and innovation in forensic sciences, enhancing education in relevant scientific disciplines, and improving the interpretation and ethical communication of forensic practitioner findings. CARFS will address the human, analytical, and statistical foundations of forensic science evaluations, including topics such as human observer biases and the interpretation of evidence, assessment and innovation in forensic analysis to include computational and technological innovations, and statistical sampling and measurement approaches for improving the validity of inferences drawn from forensic evaluations.The proposed multidisciplinary Center will offer important opportunities for training new scientists and provide environment for cross-disciplinary engagement. Coordination with Iowa State University's Science Bound Program will facilitate important research and mentorship experiences for underrepresented high school and undergraduate students. The CARFS research team is distributed across key disciplines in science, social science, education, engineering, and statistics, with interests that will directly contribute to forensic practice in a number of important disciplines including toxicology, firearms and toolmarks, questioned documents, trace evidence, controlled substances, biological screening, fracture patterns, impression evidence, and bloodstain pattern analysis. The Midwest Forensics Resource Center at Iowa State University will also provide support to this I/UCRC effort by enabling scientist-practitioner collaborations and ensuring important opportunities for the dissemination of findings through an established network of practitioners.