What to know
- The Collaborating Office for Medical Examiners and Coroners (COMEC) hosts a virtual seminar series.
- It is held on the second Tuesday of every other month via Zoom.
- The next seminar will take place in January.
COMEC seminar series
COMEC hosts a seminar series on medicolegal death investigation and public health. The virtual seminar takes place on the second Tuesday of every other month from 3:00–3:50 p.m. ET via Zoom.
Register for the seminar series.
Upcoming webinars
January 14, 2025
Title: Informing Drowning Prevention for Children and Youth through Death Scene Investigation and Child Death Review of Water-Related Incidents
Presenter: Shericka Harris, Health Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
March 11, 2025
Title: Strengthening medicolegal death investigation systems through a global community
Presenter: Dr. Olga Joos
May 13, 2025
Title: Telling Stories to Save Lives: The Value of Coroners and Medical Examiners in Child Fatality Review
Presenter: Abby Collier, DrPH
July 8, 2025
Title: CPSC and Consumer Product Investigations
Presenter: Justin McDonough
September 9, 2025
Title: Homeless Mortality: Perspectives from Federal, State, and Local Levels
Presenter: Ashley Meehan
Weekly office hours
COMEC holds weekly office hours every Wednesday from 4:00–5:00 p.m. ET. During office hours, we answer technical questions about using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) with medicolegal death investigations (MDI) data.
Contact COMEC
Email mdi@cdc.gov to—
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