Rate My Professor Jennifer Schumann

Schumann's research examines harms associated with drugs in the community to inform Australian public health policy and practice, with a focus on addiction, misuse, and overdose of pharmaceutical and illicit substances. Her expertise spans forensic toxicology and public health, covering preventive medicine, overdose, forensic medicine, driving behaviour, prescription and illicit drug testing, and intentional injury prevention. She has received the 2019 Churchill Fellowship, Australian French Association for Science and Technology Fellowship (2013), International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Travel Award (2019), and Victoria Fellowship (2013). Schumann is Editor of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) Bulletin, Vice President of the Forensic and Clinical Toxicology Association (FACTA), and Chair of the FACTA Drug Checking Committee, which produced the first guideline for best practice in analytical drug checking. She has presented her research at conferences worldwide. Key publications include 'Identification of nitazene-related deaths in Australia: How do we make it accurate and timely?' (2026, Drug and Alcohol Review), 'An analysis of offence patterns and legal response to one-punch fatalities in Australia' (2025, Medicine, Science and the Law), 'The analysis of methylamphetamine and para-hydroxy-methylamphetamine in post-mortem hair samples using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry' (2025, Drug Testing and Analysis), and 'Trends in alcohol, MDMA, methylamphetamine and THC in injured and deceased motor vehicle drivers and motorcyclists over a decade (2010-2019) in Victoria, Australia' (2025, Injury Prevention).