The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) was founded in London April 21st, 1963 and now encompasses over 2000 members from all regions of the world who are actively engaged in analytical toxicology or allied areas. The aims of this association are to promote cooperation and coordination of efforts among members and to encourage research in forensic toxicology.
TIAFT members include representatives from police, medical examiners and coroners’ laboratories, horseracing and sports doping laboratories, hospitals, departments of legal medicine, pharmacology, pharmacy and toxicology laboratories.
The 60th annual meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT 2023) will be held from August 27th to August 31st, 2023 in Rome, Italy. This TIAFT congress also brings together other key specialists those from the Society of Hair Testing (SoHT), the Group of Italian Forensic Toxicologists and the Group of Pharmacotoxicology and Doping of the Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry. This will increase attendance and interest in the meeting and offer partners even more exposure to related disciplines.
The Congress program will consist of several hot topics:
- New psychoactive substances
- New trends of drug use
- Drug facilitated crimes
- Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs
- Chemsex
- Advances in clinical and forensic toxicology,
- Alcohol biomarkers
- Postmortem toxicology
- Sports and doping
