Sabra Botch-jones MS, MA

Ms. Botch-Jones is a Forensic Toxicologist and a full-time faculty member of the Biomedical Forensic Sciences Program. She earned her Master of Science degrees in Drug Chemistry (2007) and Forensic Toxicology (2009) from the University of Florida. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (2002) and Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Management and Administration (2004) from the University of Central Oklahoma. Ms. Botch-Jones began her career with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Bioaeronautical Sciences Research Laboratory at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City, OK, where toxicological analysis is performed on individuals involved in aviation accidents.

While a member of the Biochemistry team at CAMI, she was involved in the quality assurance/quality control program of the forensic laboratories and conducted research in the areas of forensic toxicology and the epidemiology of substance use/abuse in aviators. In 2011, Ms. Botch-Jones joined the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas as a Senior Forensic Toxicologist and Quality Manager of the Forensic Toxicology and Drug Chemistry laboratories. She has conducted analysis on over 3,000 cases using a number of instrumentation techniques including LC-MS/MS, HPLC-UV/VIS, GC-MS, GC-NPD, HS-GC-FID, AxSYM, and ELISA. Additionally, she has consulted on legal cases and assisted laboratories in the development of quality systems for laboratory accreditation.