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FASS family farewells long-serving scientific officer
27th June, 2025
Scientific Officer at NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic & Analytical Science Service (FASS) Illicit Drug Analysis Unit Keerthi Gamlath is retiring...
The contribution of NSW Health Pathology to medical research: the first 10 years
5th January, 2025
Leading researcher at NSW Health Pathology Prof Emmanuel Favaloro has published an article in the Australian Journal of Medical Science outlining the ...
Welcoming Sabrina to our forensics team
1st October, 2024
University of Western Sydney student and proud Wiradjuri woman Sabrina Cox has begun an internship at our Forensic & Analytical Science Service at...
When in doubt, go to the library
24th May, 2024
Did you know that NSW Health Pathology's Forensic & Analytical Science Service (FASS) has a library and a librarian available to assist with resea...
Investigating the chemicals in herbal medicines
13th March, 2024
A forensic scientist at NSW Health Pathology has been granted funding to investigate the chemical characteristics of psychoactive plants, with the aim...
High-dose MDMA drug warning for NSW
3rd November, 2023
NSW Health is warning the public of multiple high-dose MDMA (ecstasy) tablets currently circulating in the state. NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic &...
Challenges of testing urine for drugs of abuse
23rd October, 2023
Testing urine for drugs is a well-accepted scientific process, providing verifiable and reliable results. But testing whether the urine is real and no...
Take a look inside a compulsory drug treatment centre
6th October, 2023
Here at NSW Health Pathology we spend a lot of time analysing samples and producing results. Recently we got to see how our work is making a differenc...
Drug alert for high dose ‘Gucci’ MDMA tablets
28th September, 2023
Our Forensic & Analytical Science Service (FASS) has played a key role in alerting the community to the dangers posed by high dose MDMA tablets, r...
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