COMEC News and Events

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 November.
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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 p.m.– 3:50 p.m. ET via Zoom.

Register for the seminar series.

Upcoming webinars

November 12, 2024
Title: Interagency Working Group: Insight into Federal Coordination and Examples of Activities that Support Death Investigators
Presenter: Lucas Zarwell, director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice

Weekly office hours

COMEC holds weekly office hours every Thursday from 4:00–5:00pm ET. During office hours, we answer technical questions about using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ®) with medicolegal death investigations (MDI) data.

Register for office hours‎

Contact us through the CDC Foundation to reserve office-hour time in advance.

Contact COMEC

Email mdi@cdc.gov to—

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