Category: Forensic Anthropology

assisting in research that will enhance forensic anthropological methods for determining post-mortum interval, ancestry, and individual identity using human remains.

Thomas Stott, National Museum of Health and Medicine-Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

This summer I interned at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C.   The museum, originally called the Army Medical Museum, was founded “to study and improve medical conditions during the American Civil War.” The museum’s collection includes archival materials, anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments and artifacts,… Continue Reading Thomas Stott, National Museum of Health and Medicine-Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Shanna High, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State

Internship at FACTS: A Histological Study of Monkeys Introduction I conducted an internship at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) in the fall of 2017 at both the Osteological Research and Processing Laboratory (ORPL) and the Grady Early Forensic Anthropology Research Laboratory (GEFARL) facilities. The goal of the work conducted at these facilities… Continue Reading Shanna High, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State

Noelia Acosta, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State

In the spring of 2018 I had the privilege of participating in an internship at the Grady Early Forensic Research Laboratory (GEFARL), one of the three multi-laboratory divisions contributing to the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS). While I participated in various activities throughout the semester, my main responsibilities involved analyzing the pathology and… Continue Reading Noelia Acosta, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State

Paulina Acosta, Operation Identification

  Introduction In Brooks County, the bodies and remains of more than 500 migrants have been found since 2009 (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/texas-border-migrants-dead-bodies.html). Operation Identification (OpID) aims to facilitate the identification and repatriation of human remains found along or at the South Texas border through scientific analysis and collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental organizations. completed an internship with… Continue Reading Paulina Acosta, Operation Identification