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American Board of Forensic Toxicology
Diplomate
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, University of Texas
Assistant Clinical Professor
Drug faciliated sexual assault
Drug & alcohol detection
GHB and date-rape drugs
Drugs relationship to crime
Analysis of drugs in biological tissues
Laboratory standards & accreditation
Workplace drug abuse
Athletes and drugs
Post-mortem analysis and interpretation of the results
Consultant, National Forensic Science Technology Center
Board
of Directors, American Crime Laboratory Directors
Delegate Member of American Society of Crime Laboratory Director
Laboratory Accreditation Board
Fellow of American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Validation of the QIAamp DNA Mini Kit for Use in Mitochondrial
DNA Casework; Southwestern Association of Forensic Sciences,
San Antonio, TX, 2001
Application
of Drug Identification in Hair, Saliva, Sweat, Meconium and
Fingernails, Southwestern Association of Toxicologist, San Antonio,
TX, 2001
Use,
Misuse, and Abuse of Ephedrine & Pseudoephedrine. Society
of Forensic Toxicologists, New Orleans, LA, 2001
Emergence
of MDMA "Ecstasy" in the Harris County Medical Examiner
Office. American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle. WA,
2001
Cocaine
Discrepancy in Twins, American Academy of Forensic Science Annual
Meeting, Reno, NV, 2000.
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Dr.
Mozayani, is the Laboratory Director and the Chief Toxicologist
for the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office in
Houston, Texas. She is nationally known for her expertise
on drug facilitated sexual assault, postmortem drug testings
and interpretation of post-mortem analysis. Recognized
for her diligence in toxicological examination and laboratory
standards, she is an Inspector for American Crime Laboratory
Directors (ACLD) Laboratory Accreditation Board.
An
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology
and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of
Medicine at the University of Texas, Dr. Mozayani has
been sought out by numerous prestigious agencies to inspect
for quality control in forensic testing, and to protect
the field by participating in accreditation. These organizations
include, in addition to the ACLD/LAB, the National Laboratory
Certification Program,National Institute on Drug Abuse,
American Board of Forensic Toxicologists, College of American
Pathologists (Athletic Drug Urine Testing, as well as
Forensic Urine Drug Testing) and the National Forensic
Science Technology Center.
Prior
to her position at the Harris County Medical Examiner’s
Office in Houston, Dr. Mozayani was the Chief Toxicologist
for the District of Columbia at the Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner.
Dr.
Mozayani has presented at major meetings of the American
Acedemy of Forensic Sciences, and is recognized as a Fellow
of the organization. A member of The International Forensic
Toxicologists, she recently presented a paper for their
annual meeting in Paris. She has presented on cocaine,
marijuana, amphetamines, inhalants, opiates, GHB, alcohol
and several prescription drugs, and is nationally known
for her expertise on drug facilitated sexual assault,
and drug & alcohol consumption.
Dr.
Mozayani, a delegate member of the American Society of
Crime Laboratory Directors-Laboratory Accreditation Board,
and the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences, is also
an active certified Community Mediator in Harris County.
Her
leadership, intellectual vitality, and professional rigor
contribute to the integrity of forensic toxicology in
North America.
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Ashraf Mozayani &
Lionel Raymon, "Drug Interactions in Forensic
Medicine", Human Press, (in print)
Marc
LeBeau & Ashraf Mozayani, “Drug-Facilitated
Sexual Assault: A Forensic Handbook Academic Press,
2001.
Ashraf Mozayani, Ketamine-Effects on Human Performance
and Behavior; Forensic Science Review, 14:23; 2002.
Ashraf Mozayani, Phencyclidine (PCP) Monograph;
Forensic Science Review; in review.
Ashraf
Mozayani, Joye Carter and Ronda Nix. Distribution
of Topiramate in a Medical Examiner’s Case.
J. Anal. Toxico 23, 556-558, 1999
Ashraf
Mozayani, Peter Singer and Graham Jones. Metoprolol
and Its Enantiomers in a Fatal Overdose. J. Anal.
Toxico 19:519- 521,1995.
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