Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2022 Utility of fetal autopsy findings to estimate time of intrauterine fetal demise in maternal trauma 2022
2021 Authors’ Response to Dufluo Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2562. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Gill et al Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2555-2556. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Gill et al Response.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2559-2560. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Graber Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2575-2576. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Obenson Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2585-2586. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Oliver Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2565-2566. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Peterson et al Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2545-2548. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Peterson et al Response.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2553. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Speth et al Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2580-2581. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Tse et al Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2569-2570. 2021
2021 Authors’ Response to Young Commentary on.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:2572-2573. 2021
2021 Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  66:1751-1757. 2021
2019 Hybrid oncocytic/chromophobe renal tumors are molecularly distinct from oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.  Modern Pathology.  32:1698-1707. 2019
2019 Correctly identifying deaths due to drug toxicity without a forensic autopsy.  American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.  40:99-101. 2019
2019 n-Ethyl Pentylone-Related Deaths in Alabama.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  64:304-308. 2019
2018 National Association of Medical Examiners Position Paper: Recommendations for the Investigation and Certification of Deaths in People with Epilepsy.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  8:119-135. 2018
2018 National Association of Medical Examiners position paper: Recommendations for the investigation and certification of deaths in people with epilepsy.  Epilepsia.  59:530-543. 2018
2018 Postradiation Histiocytic Sarcoma in the Setting of Muir-Torre Syndrome..  Case Reports in Pathology.  2018:5947870. 2018
2017 Rhabdomyosarcoma, Spindle Cell/Sclerosing Variant: A Clinical and Histopathological Examination of this Rare Variant with Three New Cases from the Oral Cavity.  Head and Neck Pathology.  11:494-500. 2017
2017 Quantification of loperamide by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.  Journal of Analytical Toxicology.  41:729-734. 2017
2017 The Regional Autopsy Center: The University of Alabama at Birmingham Experience.  American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.  38:189-192. 2017
2017 A survey of medical examiner death certification of vignettes on death in epilepsy: Gaps in identifying SUDEP.  Epilepsy Research.  133:71-75. 2017
2017 The Value of Outsourcing Selected Cases in a Medical Examiner Population: A 10-Year Experience.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  62:99-102. 2017
2016 Effects of Cold Ischemia on Gene Expression: A Review and Commentary.  Biopreservation and Biobanking.  14:548-558. 2016
2016 Surveillance of Drug Overdoses Using Google Fusion Tables.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  6:281-290. 2016
2016 Use of Infrared Photography to Visualize a Tattoo for Identification in Advanced Decomposition.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  6:338-342. 2016
2016 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting as a brainstem encephalitis.  Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.  143:76-79. 2016
2016 Implications of Death Certification on Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Research.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  6:96-102. 2016
2016 Factors affecting the use of human tissues in biomedical research: Implications in the design and operation of a biorepository.  Methods in Molecular Biology.  1381:1-38. 2016
2015 Comparison of the Distribution of Cranial Fractures by Mechanism of Formation.  Academic Forensic Pathology.  5:338-343. 2015
2012 Micro-anatomy of the renal sympathetic nervous system: A human postmortem histologic study.  Clinical Anatomy.  25:628-633. 2012

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2017 Safety and the Biorepository.  479-492. 2017
2016 Factors Affecting the Use of Human Tissues in Biomedical Research: Implications in the Design and Operation of a Biorepository..  1-38. 2016

Research Overview

  • Most recently, my research has focused on cognitive biases in forensic pathology and how base-rate biases impact medical examiners' decision making.

    • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Daniel Atherton