Medical and Dental Research Building

Center for Cause of Death Investigation (Established: April 1, 2016)

The center was established for education and research on cause-of-death investigation* , the development and implementation of educational programs on human resource cultivation, and sharing knowledge on cause-of-death investigation and improvement in diagnostic technology in collaboration with relevant organizations in Hokkaido University and elsewhere.

* Cause-of-death investigation includes cause-of-death determination by forensic or pathological autopsy and postmortem imaging,personal identification by dental findings and the appropriate response to crimes, abuse and accidents based on clinical forensic medicine.

【Mission】

• Implementation of forensic autopsies and body examinations and the fostering of autopsy practitioners and assistants
• Postmortem diagnostic imaging and interpretation of images, and cause-of-death investigation using autopsy imaging
• Cause-of-death investigation related to cases of death in hospitals and medical accidents, and the fostering of pathologists with basic knowledge of forensic medicine
• Fostering of Specialists who can make identity confirmations based on dental findings and promptly detect child abuse cases
• Fostering of Specialists who are involved in diagnosis in abuse and injury cases
• Other matters related to cause-of-death investigation

【Steering Committee】（Matters to be discussed）

• Personnel affairs of faculty members
• Budget and settlement
• Educational programs
• Other important matters related to the center