DNA Crime Lab Technical Assistance Program

Dear Colleagues,

The Marshall University Forensic Science Center, in cooperation with its FEPAC-accredited M.S. Forensic Science Graduate Program and the National Institute of Justice, is providing no-cost technical assistance to crime laboratories requesting assistance with DNA validation needs.

Attached are two documents. One is the Technical Assistance Program (NIJ-TAP) description and its accompanying NIJ-TAP Crime Lab Survey.

For those considering participation, please complete the survey so the MU Forensic Science Center may begin the process of determining how best to meet your needs. Please note that while a technical assistant may be assigned to your project now or in the near future, the individual will remain at the MU Forensic Science Center for training from August through April with an expected arrival date in your lab of mid-May 2011.

Once completed, the survey may be emailed to TAP Coordinator Dr. Pamela J. Staton, PhD, at staton1@marshall.edu, faxed to her attention at 304-690-4371, or snail-mailed. This information may also be found on the MU MSFS website at www.marshall.edu/forensics , Technical Assistance Program.

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Staton. Her contact information is listed below.

Pamela J. Staton, PhD

Graduate Program & TAP Coordinator

Marshall University Forensic Science

1401 Forensic Science Drive

Huntington, WV 25701

staton1@marshall.edu

304-691-8931 (office)

304-634-5263 (cell)

304-690-4371 (fax)