The Toxpod

The Toxpod

Forensic Toxicology: It's a matter of half-life and death A deep dive into the fascinating world of forensic toxicology, supported by The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT)

Episodes

June 30, 2025 33 mins

We look at 5 recent publications in the field of toxicology.

  1. Dietzen, Dennis J., and Connor J. Blair. "Precision Chemotherapy: Optimizing Calibration for Rapid Determination of Blood Methotrexate by Tandem Mass Spectrometry±Liquid Chromatography." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 39.14 (2025): e10053.
  2. Skjelland, D., Jørgenrud, B. M., Gundersen, K., Bjørnaas, M. A., Brekke, M., Dalaker, V. M., ... & Vallersn...
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Listen to the episode and email Toxpod@tiaft.org the name of the EUDA's 1000th drug and we'll send one lucky listener a coveted Toxpod mug!

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of international experts to help us do just that:

Hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Viking...

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May 12, 2025 16 mins

Peter is joined by Bulletin editors Rebecca, Samantha and Luke for a rundown of the latest Bulletin.

For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.

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We look at 5 recent publications in the field of toxicology.

  1. Ning He, et al.  Contextual bias in forensic toxicology decisions: A follow-up empirical study from China. (2024) Journal of Forensic Sciences, doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15520.
  2. Kesmen, E. et al. Bioinformatics-driven untargeted metabolomic profiling for clinical screening of methamphetamine abuse. (2024) Forensic Toxicology, doi: 10.1007/s11419-024-00703-2.
  3. Schuller, M. et ...
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November 18, 2024 32 mins

In the final part of the St Gallen Special, The Toxpod speaks with TIAFT President Simon Elliott, Young Scientist Best Paper Award winner Liam Ward and host of TIAFT 2025, Matt Hosking.
Liam Ward's paper can be found here:
Ward, Liam J. et al.Postmortem metabolomics as a high-throughput cause-of-death screening tool for human death investigations, iScience, Volume 27, Issue 5, 109794

All the info you need for...

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November 8, 2024 27 mins

Neither Tim or I could make it to the The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists meeting in  St Gallen to get “On The Spot” interviews with delegates this year, so we asked TIAFT past President Dimitri Gerostamoulos to give us a rundown of how the  meeting went. Also we have Michael Scholz, who won the Young Scientist’s best oral presentation award. Hope you enjoy part 1! 

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October 23, 2024 42 mins

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:

And now hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson!

These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection and harms.

Contact ...

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August 30, 2024 12 mins

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.

Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.
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July 18, 2024 42 mins

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:

And now hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson!

These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection and harms.

Contact...

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July 6, 2024 39 mins

Tim is joined by Samantha Tolliver, Chief Toxicologist in the District of Columbia, to discuss the challenges of running a modern forensic toxicology laboratory.

Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org

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The Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the ...

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May 19, 2024 18 mins

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.

Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.

Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org

Find out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.org

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Like all classes of drugs, amphetamines have the potential to both help and harm our communities - depending on how and why they are used. 

Tim hosted a panel discussion on this topic at the FACTA2024 conference, featuring A/Prof Rebecca McKetin, Dr Paul Liknaitzky, and Prof Olaf Drummer.

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"I used to keep a quadrupole in my pocket..." Who else can say that?
 Bryan received the The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists' Alan Curry Award in 2018 and was present at the "revolt" of 1963 that led to TIAFT's genesis. Even after 6 decades in toxicology he continues to support the development of our science and our scientists through the Bryan Finkle Visiting Scientists Grant. ...

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Meet the giants upon whose shoulders modern toxicologists stand! In the first of a series on winners of TIAFT's prestigious Alan Curry Award, Peter is joined by Tony Moffat, the 2013 winner. He is still contributing to our field after more than 50 years. 

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December 15, 2023 15 mins

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.

Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.

Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org

Find out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.org

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October 26, 2023 41 mins

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:

  • Svante Vikingsson, TIAFT NPS Committee chair
  • Conor Crean, UNODC
  • Alex Krotulski, CFSRE

These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection and harms. In this episode we discuss the dropoff in new substances comp...

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September 30, 2023 38 mins

Tim is joined by Lana Brockbals to discuss her research into a number of interesting areas in forensic toxicology, including post-mortem drug changes and metabolomics.


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The Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily r...

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September 20, 2023 35 mins

At the TIAFT2023 conference in Rome, Peter caught up with a few fellow toxicologists to talk about their work.

Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org

Find out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.org

The Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT.

You can send us a text message usin...

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September 14, 2023 30 mins

At the TIAFT2023 conference in Rome, Peter caught up with a few fellow toxicologists to talk about their work. 

Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org

Find out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.org

The Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT.

You can send us a text message usin...

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July 29, 2023 12 mins

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.

Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.

Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org

Find out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.org

The Toxpod is a production of The International Association o...

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