DISCIPLINE AWARDS

DISCIPLINE AWARDSArchaeology, Anthropology and OdontologyBest Oral PresentationMark Page et al.“The Uniqueness of the Human Dentition: Fact or Fiction?”Best Poster PresentationNaomi Hemy et al.“Stature Estimation using Anthropometry of Feet and Footprintsin a Western Australian Population”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSBiological CriminalisticsBest Oral PresentationChris Hefford & Duncan Taylor“Modelling Stochastic Effects from Empirical Data to DevelopInterpretational Guideline for STR DNA Analysis”Best Poster PresentationSteve Thai et al.“Implementation of a Semi-automated Sperm Detection System(MetaSystem-Zeiss) in Sexual Assault Cases”

Best Oral PresentationMartin EvisonDISCIPLINE AWARDSBiometrics“Why Forensic Facial Comparison Can Never be Like the GoldStandard of Forensic DNA Analysis”Best Poster PresentationJiri Straus & Jiri Jonak“Footwear Influence on Style and Characteristic of Walk”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSChemical CriminalisticsBest Oral PresentationHayley Brown & Michael Cook“Gunshot Residue Particle Distribution on ‘Random Man’ –Results So Far …”Best Poster PresentationDes Phillips et al.“Container Glass Refractive Index Range and Variationwith Annealing”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSCounter Terrorism & Major IncidentsBest Oral PresentationKeith Loft“Development of a Conceptual Model for Improving theCoordination of Disaster Victim Identification in Australia”Best Poster PresentationPaul Roffey & John Bates“Verification of a Field Assay for the Detection of thePlant Toxin Abrin”

Best Oral PresentationPaul BennettDISCIPLINE AWARDSCrime Scene Investigation“Optimizing Collection of Footprint Evidence from Crime Scenesand Suspects: What the Experts Need”Best Poster PresentationAlan Piper“Bumper Bars, Date Codes and Toolmarks”

Best Oral PresentationAvni Pepe et al.DISCIPLINE AWARDSDocument Examination“Eye Movements During Simulations of High and LowComplexity Signatures”Best Poster PresentationDavid Black“A Technique for Visualising the Surface Morphology ofXerographic Printing”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSFingermark Detection & IdentificationBest Oral PresentationPaul Kelly & Roberto King“Disulfur Dinitride as an Extraordinarily Versatile andEffective Forensic Reagent”Best Poster PresentationRobine Bruin et al.“The Development of Friction Ridge Detail on Non-porous SubstratesContaminated with Bodily Fluids from Tissue Decomposition”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSFire & Explosion InvestigationBest Oral PresentationGreg Dicinoski et al.“The Use of Ion Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresisfor Chemical Identification of Improvised Explosives”Best Poster PresentationNopporn Song-im et al.“Establishing Analytical Methods to Quantify Trace Amounts ofTATP in Aqueous Swab Extracts”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSIllicit Drugs & Clandestine LaboratoriesBest Oral PresentationHelen Salouros et al.“Profiling Methylamphetamine by Isotope Ratio MassSpectrometry”Best Poster PresentationHilton Kobus et al.“Polymeric Methylamphetamine and Pseudoephedrine Impurities”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSManagement & Quality AssuranceBest Oral PresentationMax Houck“The FORESIGHT Project: A Collaborative Benchmarking forForensic Laboratories”Best Poster PresentationMatthew Thompson et al.“Enhancing Performance in Human Decision Making: The Role ofSimilarity in Forensic Identification”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSPathology & Clinical MedicineBest Oral PresentationJuliet Cohen“Identification and Protection of Torture Victims from theTraumatisation of Immigration Detention in the UK”Best Poster PresentationDavid Cauchi et al.“Demonstration of Bruising in Decomposed Deceased usingImmunohistochemical Detection of GPA”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSScience & JusticeBest Oral PresentationPiotr Girdwoyn & Tadeusz Tomaszewski“Expert Opinion Evidence and Harmonisation of Law in theEuropean Union”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSToxicology & PharmacologyBest Oral PresentationPeter Stockham et al.“Screening and Identification of 34 Benzodiazepines andAntipsychotics in Blood using Liquid Chromatography-Quadripole-Time of Flight (LC-QTOF) Mass Spectrometry”Best Poster PresentationMichael Swerlowycz et al.“Cows on Coke! Levamisole: A Livestock De-wormer in Cocaine”

DISCIPLINE AWARDSWildlife Forensics & EntomologyBest Oral PresentationClaire Lenehan et al.“Identification of Species from Bloodstains: HPLC Separation ofHemoglobin Followed by Chemometric Analysis”Best Poster PresentationJocelyn King et al.“The Colonisation and Succession of Forensically SignificantCarrion Insects in Richmond, NSW”

BEST NEW PRACTITIONER AWARDThe "Ian Riebeling" Memorial MedalThis Medal was struck in honour of Ian Riebeling, a forensic documentexaminer with Forensic Science South Australia in Adelaide. Ian passedaway suddenly in February of 2001 and was an active member of theSociety (including President of the South Australian Branch).The medal is given to the best new practitioner whopresents either a poster or paper at each ANZFSSInternational Symposium every two years. To be eligiblefor the medal, the practitioner must have begun theircareer in the two years prior to the symposium.

BEST NEW PRACTITIONER AWARDThe "Ian Riebeling" Memorial MedalThe 2010 award goes to …Lauren Parsons (ESR, New Zealand)“Low Copy Number DNA Analysis andDocument Examination: Impact ofTechnologies on Respective Analyses”