COMEC News and Events

What to know

  • The Collaborating Office for Medical Examiners and Coroners (COMEC) hosts a virtual seminar series.
  • Find the current schedule of seminars below. If you would like to receive an invite please email mdi@cdc.gov.
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COMEC seminar series

COMEC hosts a seminar series on medicolegal death investigation and public health.

Upcoming webinars

October 14, 2025
Title: Modernizing Mortality Data: Linking Medicolegal Death Investigation and Public Health Systems
Presenter: Ashley Ottewell, MPH, CPH, Director of Public Health Data Modernization, ASTHO and Michele Trofatter, MPH, MLS (ASCP), Technical Advisor, CDC Foundation

November 18, 2025
Title: Strengthening Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems Through a Global Community
Presenter: Olga Joos, DrPH MPH RN, Managing Director, Medicolegal Death Investigation International Community of Practice (MLDI ICoP)

December 9, 2025
Title: CPSC and Consumer Product Investigations
Presenter: Justin McDonough, Director, Division of Field Investigations, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Weekly office hours

CDC Foundation holds weekly office hours every Wednesday from 4:00–5:00 p.m. ET. During office hours, you can get answers to 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.
Email CDC Foundation

Contact COMEC

Email mdi@cdc.gov to—

  • Ask questions about upcoming events or programs.
  • Be added to or removed from our monthly mailing list.
  • Receive access to archived seminars and other resources.
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