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Congratulations To All Winners!

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) sincerely appreciates all the solvers who entered the “Cause of Death Elucidated (CODE) in Drug Overdose” Challenge.

The following four ideas for novel postmortem toxicology screening tools have been selected to receive a cash prize award in the amount of $25,000 each.

  • Wei Yu of Metrohm
    Submission Title: DOSERS – Handheld Raman Spectroscopy for Cause of Death Determination
  • Marcie R. Black of Advanced Silicon Group
    Submission Title: Coupled Acoustical Wave Micropillar Detection of Drugs in Blood Postmortem
  • Glennon Simmons of Portable Diagnostic Systems
    Submission Title: Ultraportable Lab-on-a-Chip Biosensor System for Rapid Postmortem Toxicology in Suspected Drug Overdose Cases
  • Zhong Li of High Throughput Biology Inc.
    Submission Title: An Array-Based Multiplex Immunoassay for Postmortem Toxicology Screening

Congratulations to all Winners! NIDA intends to continue supporting research and development efforts into developing postmortem toxicology screening tools.

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