Sandra Bishop-Freeman, PhD started her career in forensic toxicology at the Monroe County Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Rochester, NY. After graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology, she earned her Ph.D. developing advanced testing for drug-facilitated sexual-assault substances at Ohio University. She has been a Toxicologist for the Navy Drug Screening Laboratory in San Diego, CA and a Criminalist at the Los Angeles Police Department. At the LAPD, she was responsible for working in the drug and alcohol testing units, as well as investigating crime scenes. She taught Forensic Toxicology for the Cal State L.A. Criminalistics graduate program. In 2009 Dr. Bishop-Freeman moved to North Carolina to serve as the Deputy Chief Toxicologist at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. She obtained her board certification in 2011 as a Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology. She is an active member of both the Society of Forensic Toxicologists and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has published scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of forensic topics.