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Biography
Dr. Reena Sarkar is a Post Doc Research Fellow at the Department of Forensic Medicine (Monash University) and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine’s Academic Division, Southbank, Victoria. Her Post Doc research is in the fields of one punch death prevention and medicolegal death investigation systems. For the one punch research, she coordinated survivor, perpetrator, and fatalities Australian data which involved legal and clinical data correlation and interpretation. For the medicolegal system research, she used mixed methods for the determination of status of the death investigation systems and identification of best practices. Her PhD in Forensic Medicine was focused on injury and violence prevention and adopted a forensic-epidemiologic approach to orofacial injuries in family violence homicide in Victoria. Reena is an Indian Dental medicine specialist. She has previously worked as a Senior Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist and academic in Indian dental institutions. After her bachelor’s in dental surgery, her Master’s degree and thesis (clinical and research-based) in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology elucidated the role of Candida Albicans in the carcinogenesis of oral premalignant lesions.
Biography
Research Interests:
- Identifying best practices and global capacity determination of forensic/medicolegal death investigation systems in the context of preservation of Right to Life charter of the United Nations.
- A forensic-epidemiologic approach to injury trends of family violence homicide in the Victorian population with emphasis on data management.
- Medicolegal approach to injury patterns in single punch assaults and opportunities for injury prevention in Australian community.
- Death certification and ICD coding quality and standardization.
- Bite mark evidence and its role in the determination of culpability of offenders in criminal trials.
Research Skill Areas:
- Public Health
- Forensic Medicine
- Mixed Methods
- Data system bias
- Injury
Research Skills: Working and triaging large, complex datasets and data linkage; Excel; Endnote; Oral and maxillofacial PMCT interpretation; Covidence and conducting systematic review; International Classification of Diseases-10, -11; Abbreviated Injury Scale; Qualtrics; Legal Database review; Qualitative approach.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Forensic Medicine, PhD, Orofacial injuries in family violence homicide in Victoria - an epidemiologic and forensic approach, MONASH UNIVERSITY
10 Mar 2017 → 15 Jun 2021
Award Date: 15 Jun 2021
Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Master of Dental Surgery, Government Dental College and Hospital Mumbai, University of Mumbai
Award Date: 1 Jun 2004
External positions
Data Officer, Victorian Insititute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) (Victoria)
1 Jul 2017 → 31 Aug 2020
Professor and Head, National Dental College Dera Bassi Mohali
15 Jul 2013 → 31 Aug 2016
Reader/Associate Professor and Head, National Dental College Dera Bassi Mohali
15 Jul 2008 → 14 Jul 2013
Lecturer, National Dental College Dera Bassi Mohali
14 Jul 2008 → 8 May 2007
Lecturer, Government Dental College and Hospital Mumbai, University of Mumbai
14 Jul 2004 → 7 May 2007
Research area keywords
- Family violence homicide
- Death investigation systems
- injury prevention and prediction
- Interpersonal violence
- Epidemiology
- International Classification of Diseases
- Data Management/Analysis
- Computed Tomography
- Forensic medicine
- Humanitarian forensics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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A critical review of medicolegal research and information asymmetries in investigating cases of extrajudicial executions and forced disappearances
Dempsey, N., Sarkar, R., Rivera, C. & Bassed, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Analysing the impact of legal and procedural frameworks on the socio-cultural and political dynamics of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances
Dempsey, N., Sarkar, R. & Bassed, R., Jan 2025, In: Forensic Science International. 366, 13 p., 112305.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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An analysis of offence patterns and legal response to one-punch fatalities in Australia
Sarkar, R., Duncan, H., Bassed, R., Drummer, O. H., Roodenburg, A. & Schumann, J. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Medicine, Science and the Law. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Strategies to overcome barriers to the statistical representation of femicide data: -a technical note
Sarkar, R., Bassed, R. & Ozanne-Smith AO, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Advancing research on femicide prevention: A mixed methods approach
Sarkar, R., Dempsey, N., Toulmin, C., Forthun, J., Spiers, A., Dalla-Fontana, C. & Bassed, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Medicine, Science and the Law. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Prizes
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FMNHS: ECR Travel Grants 2024
Sarkar, Reena (Recipient), Jun 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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International Post graduate Research Scholarship
Sarkar, Reena (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other distinction
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Monash University FMNHS ECR 2024 Travel Grants
Sarkar, Reena (Recipient), 24 Jun 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Journal of Criminal Justice (Journal)
Reena Sarkar (Peer reviewer)
2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Journal of Family Violence (Journal)
Reena Sarkar (Peer reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Injury Prevention (Journal)
Reena Sarkar (Peer reviewer)
Jul 2024 → Aug 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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SSM - Population Health (Journal)
Reena Sarkar (Peer reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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NHMRC Investigator Grant 2025 Review Panel (Event)
Reena Sarkar (Peer reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility