Mr Mark D Viner
CEO Inforce Foundation
Location: Shrivenham campus
E: MDViner@aol.com
T: +44 (0)7956 340325
Department of Engineering and Applied Science
Current activities
Mark Viner is a Fellow of Cranfield University Forensic Institute & Chief Executive of the Inforce Foundation. He is also a Senior Manager at Barts and The London Hospitals, London.
He is a registered forensic practitioner, a member of the Forensic Science Society and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship and the Fellowship of the College of Radiographers in 2005.
Background
Mark has over 25 years experience as radiographer and radiology manager and has a long held interest in forensic imaging and emergency planning. He co-ordinated the forensic radiography team for the United Nations ICTY in Yugoslavia from 1996-2001 and worked as forensic radiography consultant in the Balkans, Sierra Leone & the Irish Republic and for several high profile cases in the UK including several terrorist incidents.
He is a founder member and first chair of the International Association of Forensic Radiographers, an advisor to the UK Home Office, The Government Office for London and to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. He has lectured widely at international conferences and contributed a number of radiology chapters to forensic textbooks including “Recovery, Analysis and Identification of Commingled Human Remains”, “Human Identification – An Introduction”, “Forensic Medicine for Lawyers” and “The Forensic Investigation of Mass Graves” and is co-editor of “Brogdon’s Forensic Radiology” – 2nd Edition. He has been an active member of the College of Radiographers , holding office at local, regional and national levels.
Selected publications
Publications
Thali M., Viner MD., Brogdon BG., Brogdon’s Forensic Radiology , 2nd Edition, CRC Press, due for publication 2010
Viner M.D.,2009 Radiology in Wiley Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences, Jamieson, A., Moenssens, A (eds) John Wiley & Sons., Chichester, UK pp 2233-2240
Viner, MD, 2008 The Role of Radiology In Mass Fatality Incidents in Retrieval, Analysis And Identification Of Co-Mingled Human Remains, Adams B Byrd J Humana Press, Totowa, NJ,
Viner MD, 2008 Forensic Radiology in Forensic Medicine For Lawyers Cowan S., Hunt A.C.,, Tottel Publishing, Haywards Heath,
Anderson, A., Cox, M., Flavel, A., Hanson, I., Hedley, M., Laver, J., Perman, A., Viner, M. and Wright, R., 2007. Protocols for the Investigation of Mass Graves. In: Cox, M., Flavel, A., Hanson, I., Laver, J. and Wessling, R., eds. The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 39-108.
Anderson, A., Hanson, I., Schofield, D., Scholtz, H., Vellema, J. and Viner, M., 2007. Health and Safety. In: Cox, M., Flavel, A., Hanson, I., Laver, J. and Wessling, R., eds. The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 109-147.
Anderson, A., Scholtz, H., Vellema, J. and Viner, M., 2007. Mortuary Procedures I – Pathology, radiography and the role of the anatomical pathology technologist. In: Cox, M., Flavel, A., Hanson, I., Laver, J. and Wessling, R., eds. The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 268-292.
Hines, E., Rock,C., Viner, M.D., 2006, The Role of Radiology in Human Identification, Thompson T., Black, S., CRC Press, Boca Raton,
Viner M.D, 2006, Radiography and Forensic Medical Investigation – A study of forensic radiography in South Africa, Argentina and the USA, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, http://www.wcmt.org.uk/reports/67_1.pdf
Viner M.D., 2008 Forensic Investigation – How good is the Medical Imaging Contribution? Imaging and Oncology, Society & College of Radiographers, 2008, p6-11
Viner, M.D., Forensic Investigation, 2001: The Role of Radiography in Forensic Medicine, ISRRT Newsletter, International Society of Radiographers & Radiologic Technologists, Vol 37 No 2 p 4-7
Viner, M.D., 2001 The Radiographers Role in Forensic Investigation, Hold Putsen: Journal of The Norwegian Society of Radiographers, Nr 9/2001 October, Oslo
Published Abstracts
Viner, M.D., The Bone Detectives, European Radiology, ECR 2009 Book of Abstracts Column 19 Supplement 1 March 2009 pS78 European Congress of Radiology, Vienna 2009
Conlogue G.J., Viner M.D., Forensic Field Radiography: In the Trenches with MacGuyver, The American Academy of Forensic Sciences 61st Scientific Meeting, Denver 2009
Hutchings K.E., Viner,M.D., Wessling, R Experiential Learning; An effective Method of Training for Radiographers Involved in Mass Fatality Incidents, The American Academy of Forensic Sciences 61st Scientific Meeting, Denver 2009
Viner, M.D., Rock, C., Hunt, N., Martin, A.W., MacKinnon, G, Forensic Radiography, Response to the London Bombings on 7th July 2005 - Proceedings of the ISRRT World Congress Durban 2008 p37
Hutchings K.E., Viner,M.D., Wessling, R Experiential Learning; An effective Method of Training for Radiographers Involved in Mass Fatality Incidents, Proceedings of the ISRRT World Congress Durban 2008 p12
Viner M.D., The Role of The Radiographer in Forensic Medical Investigation, Proceedings of The American Academy of Forensic Sciences 60th Scientific Meeting, Washington DC (2008),p270
Viner, M.D., Invited Review: The Bone Detectives. Proceedings of the UK Radiological Congress 2007. BJR Congress Series, British Institute of Radiology (2007), p57( College of Radiographers William Stripp Memorial Lecture, Eponymous Lecture)
Viner, M.D Forensic Radiography, An International Perspective. Proceedings of the International Society of Radiology 2006, Cape Town South Africa
Viner, M.D., Rock, C., Hunt, N., Martin, A.W., MacKinnon, G, Forensic Radiography, Response to the London Suicide Bombings on 7th July 2005, Proceedings of The American Academy of Forensic Sciences 58th Scientific Meeting, Seattle WA, (2006), p176
Viner, M.D., Rock, C., Hunt, N., Martin, A.W., MacKinnon, G, Forensic Radiography, Response to the London Suicide Bombings on 7th July 2005, Proceedings of UK Radiological Congress, Birmingham UK, BJR Congress Series, British Institute of Radiology (2006), p77
Viner, M.D., The role of radiography on forensic medicine – an international comparison Proceedings of UK Radiological Congress, Birmingham UK, BJR Congress Series, British Institute of Radiology (2006), p76
Viner, M.D., Hoban, W., Rock, C., Cassidy, M.T., The Role of Radiography in the Investigation of Mass Incidents, Proceedings of The American Academy of Forensic Sciences 55th Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL (2003), p130
Viner, M.D., Forensic Radiography: A Framework for the Future?, Proceedings of the ISRRT 12th World Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISRRT (2002), p52
Viner, M.D., Forensic Investigation: The Role of Radiography, European Congress of Radiology, European Radiology, Supplement to Volume 11, Number 2, February 2001 (2001) p95
Viner, M.D., Cassidy, M., Treu, V., The Role of Radiography in a Disaster Investigation Radiology 1998 Imaging Science and Oncology; Published Abstracts , British Institute of Radiology, Birmingham (1998) p69
Viner, M.D., Schweiso, J., Hadley-Rowe, R., Fisher, J., Chan, O., The Royal London Hospital Experience of The Docklands bombing: radiographic experience of a major incident. Radiology 1997 Imaging Science and Oncology; Published Abstracts , British Institute of Radiology, Birmingham (1997) p43
