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Mysteries from the grave: The forensic aspects of identification

When: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 - Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Where: Parktown Education Campus
School of Public Health Auditorium
Start time:17:30
Enquiries:

Antonia.Appel@wits.ac.za  / 011 717-2001

The Wits Faculty of Health Sciences hosts the 17th Prestigious Research Lecture to be delivered by Professor Maryna Steyn and Dr Candice Hansmeyer.

This lecture will highlight the dilemma of human identification in a forensic setting, with particular focus on the vast numbers of unidentified decedents and missing persons in South Africa. Professor Steyn is Head of the School of Anatomical Sciences at Wits University and Dr Hansmeyer is a forensic pathologist at Wits.

 

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