Pharmacy Students Visit Dubai Forensic Lab

Male and female students of the College of Pharmacy at Ajman University who are currently enrolled in the toxicology course, visited the forensic laboratory in Dubai. They were accompanied by Dr. Elshaimaa Arafa associate professor and Dr. Mohammad Shamsain Associate Professor at the College.

Toxicology course covers the adverse and toxic effects of drugs and many other chemicals that may be responsible for household, environmental and industrial intoxication. It also covers heavy metals toxicity and its management, common poisons and their antidotes, air pollutants, solvents and vapors and toxicity of pesticides. 

The forensics lab supports Dubai Police’s other departments such as the Criminal Investigation Department and the Anti-Narcotics Department besides producing high-quality technical reports for the courts.

 The students visited the forensic departments such as forensic biology and DNA, forensic chemistry, forensic toxicology, trace evidence and post-bomb and explosives, tool-marks and firearms, questioned documents, digital forensics and computer crime, voice analysis, forensic video and photography, fire and arson investigation and fingerprint.