I/UCRC Planning Grant: Forensic Science

法医科学高级研究中心(CARFS)将设在爱荷华州立大学，作为牵头机构。拟议中心的任务是提供一个多学科论坛，促进法医科学的研究和创新，加强相关科学学科的教育，并改进对法医从业人员调查结果的解释和伦理交流。CARFS将探讨法医学评估的人文、分析和统计学基础，包括人类观察者偏见和证据解释、法医分析中包括计算和技术创新的评估和创新，以及提高法医评估推断有效性的统计抽样和测量方法。拟议的多学科中心将为培训新科学家提供重要机会，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，为代表不足的高中生和本科生。CARFS研究小组分布在科学、社会科学、教育、工程和统计学的关键学科，其兴趣将直接有助于在一些重要学科的法医实践，包括毒理学、枪支和工具标记、可疑文件、痕迹证据、受控物质、生物筛查、骨折模式、印记证据和血迹模式分析。爱荷华州立大学中西部法医资源中心也将通过促进科学家与实践者之间的合作并确保通过已建立的实践者网络传播研究结果的重要机会，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.