Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
395 Sam Houston State University (142283)
Principal Investigator: Swortwood, Madeleine J.
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 5,806
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 10/1/22 - 9/30/23
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Criminal Justice
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Department of Criminal Justice
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Evaluation of Evidence MultiSTAT for Detection of Opioids in Urine & Oral Fluid
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Forensic Sciences Foundation
CFDA: n/a
Program Title: n/a
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1: In the proposed research, qualitative opiate screening in urine and oral fluid from consumption of poppy seeds will be assessed via the Evidence MultiSTAT, which is a benchtop biochip analyzer that is operatable by non-laboratory trained personnel. Certified reference materials for analytes and deuterated internal standards will be purchased from Cerilliant. Results will be confirmed using an Agilent 7890A Gas Chromatograph and 5975C Mass Selective Detector. The protocol will be submitted to the Institutional Review Board committee for approval prior to sample collection. Participants will sign written, informed consent forms prior to consumption of commercially available poppy products in a controlled administration study. Specimens will be self-collected and submitted without personally identifiable information to the study. All biofluids will be collected, stored, and analyzed under university biosafety policies. Samples will be screened using the Evidence MultiSTAT and confirmed by GC/MS. Data analysis will be performed using Agilent ChemStation Software. The short-term goal is to develop and validate the qualitative screening of opiates from consumption of poppy seeds in urine and oral fluid on the MultiSTAT by ascertaining the sensitivity, specificity, true positive, true negatives, false positives, and false negatives. The long-term goal of this research is to evaluate the Evidence MultiSTAT as a tool for forensic analysis of urine and oral fluid samples.
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