Science Advisory Board Dr. Roger Mitchell Confirmation Resolution of 2025

M
URIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
November 13, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 12 of the Department of Forensic Sciences
Establishment Act of 2011, effective August 17, 2011 (D.C. Law 19-18; D.C. Official Code § 5-
1501.11), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:
Dr. Roger Mitchell
Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington DC, 20060
(Ward 1)
for appointment as a scientist with experience in scientific research and methodology, who has
published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and who is not currently employed by the Department
or by a law enforcement laboratory or agency member of the Science Advisory Board, filling a vacant
seat formerly held by Dr. LaKeisha McClary, for the remainder of an unexpired term to end April 18,
2028.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-m entioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
Muriel B owser
Mayor
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at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
10 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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15 To confirm the appointment of Dr. Roger Mitchell to the Science Advisory Board.
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17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
18 resolution may be cited as the "Science Advisory Board Dr. Roger Mitchell Confirmation
19 Resolution of 2025".
20 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
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22 Dr. Roger Mitchell
23 Georgia A venue, NW
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27 as a scientist with experience in scientific research and methodology, who has published in peer-
28 reviewed scientific journals, and who is not currently employed by the Department or by a law
29 enforcement laboratory or agency member of the Science Advisory Board, established by section
30 12 of the Department of Forensic Sciences Establishment Act of 2011, effective August 17, 2011
31 (D.C. Law 19-18; D.C. Official Code§ 5-1501.11), filling a vacant seat formerly held by Dr.
32 LaKeisha McClary, for the remainder of an unexpired term to end April 18, 2028.
33 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
34 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
35 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
ROGER A. MITCHELL, JR., M.D.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
PRESENT POSITION AND ACADEMIC RANK:
10/22-present Chief Medical Officer Howard University Faculty Practice Plan
01/24-present Director Howard University – Autopsy Pathology Service
06/23-present Medical Director Center of Excellence – Trauma and Violence
03/21-present Professor (tenured) Howard University Department of Pathology
03/21-01/24 Chairman Howard University Department of Pathology
03/21-07/23 Director Howard University COVID-19 Testing Laboratory
05/21-10/22 Interim Director W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory
08/17-03/21 Professor Howard University Department of Surgery
EDUCATION/CONTINUUING EDUCATION:
02/24-present Chief Medical Officer Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Leadership Academy
EDUCATION/GRADUATE TRAINING:
06/07 FP Fellow Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - New York, NY
06/06 AP/CP Resident George Washington University - Washington, DC
05/03 Doctor of Medicine UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School - Newark, NJ
05/01 Post-Sophomore Fellow New York University - New York, NY
05/96 Bachelor of Science Howard University - Washington, DC
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
10/07-present Diplomate-Forensic Pathology American Board of Pathology
11/06-present Diplomate-Anatomic Pathology American Board of Pathology
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
12/13-present Medicine/Surgery Washington D.C. (MDO41970)
06/11-07/15 Medicine/Surgery State of New Jersey
06/07-06/12 Medicine/Surgery State of Texas
03/06-03/08 Medicine/Surgery New York State
TRIALS (last four years)
• State of Washington v. Christopher Burbank, et. al. , 211012866 (Decedent Emmanual Ellis) (Pierce County
Superior Court Dec. 2023)
• State of Ohio v. Mark Cooper (Decedent Alexander Rios) (April 2024 & November 2023)
• State of Colorado v. Jeremy Cooper (21CR2800) & Peter Cichuniec (21CR2806) (Decedent Elijah McClain)
(December 2023)
• State of Colorado v. Randy Roedema (21CR2782) & Jason Rosenblatt (21CR2788) (Decedent Elijah
McClain) (October 2023)
• State of Colorado v. Nathan Woodyard (21CR2806) (Decedent Elijah McClain) (November 2023)

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HOSPITAL BASED COMMITTEES:
04/24-present Member HUH – Steering Committee
01/24-present Member HUH – Project Governance Committee
09/21-present Chair HUH – Performance Improvement Committee
01/22-12/23 Member HUH – Graduate Medical Education Committee
03/21-12/23 Member HUH – Medical Executive Committee

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE BASED SERVICE
01/24-present Chair LCME-Standard 2-Leadership and Administration
01/24-present Member Committee-Accreditation, Standards, & Compliance
09/23-present Member Faculty Onboarding & Appointment Task Force
06/22-present Co-Chair Howard University Gun Violence Task Force
03/22-present Member Promotions and Graduation Committee
06/22-07/23 Program Director Howard University Department of Pathology
01/22-10/22 Course Coordinator Reproductive and Gastrointestinal Organ Systems
11/21-03/22 Member Decanal Search Committee – HUCM
03/21-01/24 Member Clinical Chairs Advisory Committee

VISITING PROFESSOR LECTURES AND GRAND ROUNDS:
02/23 Michigan State KeyNote Address – Violence Prevention – A Public Health Approach
02/23 Emory School of Public Health – Death in Custody – A Public Health Approach
02/23 Univ. of New Mexico Pathology Grand Rounds – Death in Custody – A Public Health Approach
01/23 Univ. of Pennsylvania Pathology Grand Rounds – Death in Custody – A Public Health Approach
01/23 Rutgers Internal Medicine Grand Rounds – Death in Custody – A Public Health Approach
12/23 College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka– Assuring Quality in Medico-Legal Reporting
11/23 International Academy of Pathology African Assembly – Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Medicine
09/23 Brown Univ. College of Medicine Pediatric Grand Rounds - Carceral Care for Juvenile Confinement
07/23 George Washington University School of Medicine – Violence as a Public Health Issue
04/22 UC Davis – Benjamin Highman Lecture 2022 – Violence as a Public Health Issue
10/21 St. Christophers Hospital for Children – Virtual Grand Rounds - Violence as a Public Health Issue
09/21 Charles Drew School of Medicine – Noon Lecture Series - Violence as a Public Health Issue
07/20 Howard University Hospital – Surgical Grand Rounds
07/20 University of Colorado, School of Public Health – Research to Practice Seminar Lecture
02/20 Howard University Medical School – Medicine and Society Lecture
10/19 Charles Drew School of Medicine – Summit on Violence and Trauma Lectures
09/19 George Washington University Milken School of Public Health – Residency Fellowship Lecture
08/19 Howard University Hospital – Psychiatry Grand Rounds
02/19 Howard University Medical School – Medicine and Society Lecture
01/19 George Washington University Hospital – Trauma Grand Rounds
10/18 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
03/18 Howard University Hospital – 48th Annual Drew/Syphax Lecture and Seminar
11/17 National Academies of Science and Medicine –Growing Absence of Black Men in Medicine
06/17 Fire and EMS District of Columbia – Paramedic Grand Rounds
11/16 Howard University Hospital – Surgical Grand Rounds
12/14 George Washington University Hospital – Medicine Grand Rounds

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS:
08/20-02/21 Interim Deputy Mayor Public Safety and Justice – Wash, DC
02/14-02/21 Chief Medical Examiner Office of the Chief Medical Examiner – Wash, DC
09/15-02/21 Clinical Professor GW University Department of Pathology
03/15-07/15 Interim Director Department of Forensic Sciences – Wash, DC
08/11-02/14 Asst. State Medical Examiner Regional Medical Examiner – Newark, NJ
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12/12-12/14 Assistant Professor NJMS-UMDNJ Dept. of Pathology
10/08-07/11 Assistant Deputy Chief ME Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences - TX
07/07-10/08 Assistant Medical Examiner Harris County Medical Examiner-Houston TX
07/08-08/11 Adjunct Faculty Baylor Medical School-Dept. of Pathology
06/06-06/07 Medical Examiner – I Office of Chief Medical Examiner-New York City
06/06-06/07 Clinical Instructor New York University – Tisch Hospital
09/05-06/06 Medical Examiner – per diem Office of the Chief Medical Examiner – Wash, DC
01/04-06/06 Adjunct Professor PG Community College – Largo, MD
07/05-06/06 Chief Resident – AP/CP Pathology GWU Medical Center –Washington DC
07/03-06/05 Pathology House Staff GWU Medical Center –Washington DC
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:
12/21-10/22 Member Violence Fatality Review Committee – Washington DC
11/21-10/22 Co-Chair Scientific Expert Advisory Board – Building Blocks DC – Violence Prevention
04/20-04/20 Co-Chair DC COVID Reopen Advisory – Public Health Innovation Subcommittee
10/19-02/21 Chair Violence Fatality Review Committee – Washington DC
08/19-02/21 Member Maternal Mortality Review Committee – Washington DC
02/14-02/21 Member Child Fatality Review Committee – Washington DC
02/14-02/21 Co-Chair Developmentally Disabled Fatality Review Committee – Washington DC
02/14-01/17 Member Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee – Washington DC
11/15-07/16 Co-Chair Safer Stronger Advisory Committee – Washington DC
04/13-02/14 Member State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group – New Jersey
04/13-02/14 Member GCADA – Opioid Overdose Working Group – New Jersey
02/13-02/14 Member State Domestic Violence Fatality Committee – New Jersey
09/11-02/14 Member State UVIS Steering Committee – New Jersey
09/11-02/14 Member State Mass Fatality Plan Executive Board – New Jersey
09/11-02/14 Member State Child Fatality Review Committee – New Jersey
01/10-08/11 Member County Juvenile Probation Advisory Council – Harris County, TX
09/09-08/11 Member Texas Southern Unv.-Forensic Advisory Board
06/09-08/11 Member HCHD-Forensic Program Advisory Board
01/08-08/11 Member HCME Mass Fatality Committee
01/08-08/11 Member Harris County Elder Fatality Committee
HONORS AND AWARDS;
02/23 Public Safety Black History Maker Metropolitan Police Department - DC
10/22 Bison Alumni Honors Award Bison Honors – Homecoming 2022
05/22 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Howard University College of Medicine
10/20 Passion and Purpose Award 2020 Hillcrest Children & Family Center
08/20 Health Advocate Award 2020 National Medical Association
12/14 Mayors Distinguished Service Award 2014 Executive Office of the Mayor – Wash. DC
10/13 Person of the Year Award 2013 Babyland Family Services - Newark, NJ
02/13 Black History Service Award 2013 Essex County Prosecutor – Newark, NJ
01/13 SNMA Mentorship Award 2013 NJMS-UMDNJ, Newark, NJ
06/06 Frank N. Miller, MD Teaching Award GWUMC Department of Pathology
06/06 Mario Werner, MD Award GWUMC Department of Pathology
05/03 Alexander Gordon, MD Award NJMS-UMDNJ, Newark, NJ
01/03 MLK - Fulfilling the Dream Award WCBS-Community Service, New York, NY
10/02 Testimony – Injury Prevention & Control California State Legislature, NAACP
09/02 NMA Awards in Medical Journalism National Medical Association, NMF
08/00 Chester Pierce, MD Research Award National Medical Association, Psychiatry
05/96 Cum Laude Honors Howard University, Department of Biology
PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
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American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
08/24-present Member
Digital Pathology Association (DPA)
06/22-present Member
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (AOA)
05/22-present Member
College of American Pathologist (CAP)
12/20-present Member
Medicolegal Death Investigation – International Community of Practice (MLDI-ICoP)
10/20-present Co-Founder/Member
American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM)
01/19-present Member Research Advisory Committee
National Medical Association (NMA)
08/22-present Speaker NMA House of Delegates
08/21-08/22 Vice Speaker NMA House of Delegates
08/20-08/21 National Secretary NMA House of Delegates
01/19-01/20 Member NMA National Nominations Committee
08/15-present Chair NMA Gun Violence Task Force
08/15-present Member NMA Pathology Section
American SIDS Institute
09/15-10/19 Member Research Advisory Committee
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
01/18-10/19 Chair NAME Strategic Planning Committee
01/15-10/18 Chair NAME Deaths in Custody Committee
10/16-07/17 Member NIST Forensic Science Standards Board
01/15-03/21 Member NAME Mass Fatality Response Committee
07/14-03/21 Inspector NAME Inspection and Accreditation
01/14-10/18 Member NAME Education & Planning Committee
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) – Journal of the Center for Policy Analysis & Research
08/17-present Editorial Board
BOOKS:
Mitchell, R. Aronson, J. Death In Custody – How America Ignores the Truth and What We Can Do About It . Johns
Hopkins Press. 2023. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12925/death-custody
Mitchell, R. The Price of Freedom – A Son’s Journey. Independent Publish. 2014
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Mitchell, R. Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence in the Military. In: Bailey, RK. ed. Intimate Partner Violence –
An Evidence Based Approach. Springer; 2021:57-68.
Mitchell, R. Chapter 4: National Rifle Association. In: Bailey, RK. ed. At Gunpoint – Firearm Violence from a
Psychiatrist’s Perspective. Outskirts; 2018.
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BOOK REVIEWS:
Satcher, D. My Quest for Health Equity – Notes on Learning While Leading. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2020

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS:
05/24 Medicolegal Death Investigation International Committee of the Red Cross Meeting
08/23 Death in Custody National Medical Association Convention 2023
07/23 Death in Custody Association of Pathology Chairs
10/22 National Study on Death in Custody NASEM – CSTL
07/22 Violence as a Public Health Issue National Medical Association Convention 2022
07/22 eGFR and Racism National Medical Association Convention 2022
07/22 Death in Custody Investigation IACME – Las Vegas
04/22 Death in Custody Policy Region II National Medical Association Conference
04/22 Death in Custody Policy National Medical Association Colloquium
04/22 Death in Custody Advocacy Innocence Network National Convention
07/21 Leadership Development National Medical Association Convention
08/20 Pathophysiology of COVID-19 National Medical Association Convention
08/20 Rodham Impact Speakers Series the Rodham Institute – George Washington
07/20 Children in CBP Custody Hearing US Congress - Homeland Security Committee
06/20 Deaths in Custody – International Ottawa University Collaboration
09/19 Maternal and Infant Health Summit DC – Mayor’s Office
09/19 Violence Prevention – Moderator Congressional Black Caucus ALC 2019
07/19 Moderator – EC Mazique MD Symposium National Medical Association Convention
07/19 History and Diagnosis of Syphilis National Medical Association Convention
07/19 Mass Fatality Management National Medical Association Convention
02/19 Firearm Violence Prevention Discussion American Foundation for Firearm Reduction
12/18 National Opioid Crisis Washington Post LIVE – Washington DC
11/18 Forensic Operations/Systems Analysis Belize City, Belize – ICITAP/DOJ
11/18 Deaths in Police Custody New York State Attorney General’s Office
09/18 Maternal and Infant Health Summit DC – Mayor’s Office
09/18 Environmental Justice – Moderator Congressional Black Caucus ALC 2018
08/18 Opioid Epidemic in Washington DC National Medical Association Convention
07/18 Opioid Epidemic in Urban America National Bar Association Convention
05/18 Forensic Operations/Systems Analysis CDC Foundation – Mumbai, India
04/18 Driving Under the Influence Toxicology National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
04/18 Violence Prevention Advocacy National Medical Association Region 3/5
02/18 Violence Prevention Advocacy National Medical Association Colloquium
09/17 Violence Epidemic in the Black Community Congressional Black Caucus ALC 2017
04/17 Forensic Operations/Systems Analysis Cairo, Egypt – ICITAP/DOJ
09/16 Violent Death – The Tip of the Iceberg Congressional Black Caucus ALC 2016
08/16 Violence and Its Impact on Health National Medical Association Convention
07/16 Expert Witness Testimony Lecture National Bar Association Convention
04/16 Fatality Management Services International Coroner Meeting, London UK
02/16 Fatality Management Services ICITAP/DOJ Cairo, Egypt
09/15 Mass Fatality Management uOttawa Forensic and Pediatric Pathology
09/15 Synthetic Drug Symposium CJCC – Washington DC
08/15 Violence Prevention/Deaths in Custody National Medical Association Convention
07/15 Community Policing/Deaths in Custody National Bar Association Convention
10/14 Mass Fatality Management NTSB-USA
07/14 Violence as a Public Health Issue National Bar Association Convention
07/14 Mass Fatality Management ICITAP Dhaka, Bangladesh
04/14 Heroin Drug Deaths in Wash DC Police Executives Research Forum
10/13 Prescription Drug Deaths in New Jersey Do No Harm Prescription Drug Conf
01/13 New Jersey Violent Deaths NJ-SAFE Task Force on Gun Violence
10/12 Youth Prescription/Heroin Fatalities NJ-GCADA – Opioid Task Force
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05/11 Victim Assistance for Survivor Families Texas Victim Services Assoc Conf 2011
03/11 ID Elder Neglect/Disaster Management TSU-School of Pharmacy –Houston
09/10 Non-Natural Deaths among the Elderly Valley Conf of Aging – UT Houston
07/10 Cause of Death in persons 21-40 years old National Urban League – Washington DC
06/10 Medico-Legal Death Investigation Harris County, TX
03/10 ID Elder Neglect/Disaster Management TSU-School of Pharmacy –Houston
08/09 Medico-Legal Death Investigation Harris County, TX
08/09 Deaths in Police Custody TSU-Prison Privatization Conf – Houston, TX
05/09 Injuries in Elder Abuse/Neglect APS-Houston, TX
11/08 Injuries in Elder Abuse/Neglect APS-Texas State Conf - San Antonio, TX
07/08 Deaths in Police Custody NMA National Conference – Atlanta, GA
PUBLICATIONS:
Jackson, D. L., Coke, L., Zhang, S. X., Steenbergen, C., Khan, G., Gorfu, G., & Mitchell, R. A., Jr (2024).
Myocarditis and brain abscess caused by disseminated Scedosporium boydii infection. Journal of the National
Medical Association , S0027 -9684(24)00012-9. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2024.01.012
Troxel AB, Bind MC, Flotte TJ, Cordon -Cardo C, Decker LA, Finn AV, Padera RF, Reichard RR, Stone JR,
Adolphi NL, Casimero FVC, Crary JF, Elifritz J, Faustin A, Ghosh SKB, Krausert A, Martinez -Lage M, Melamed J,
Mitchell RA Jr, Sampson BA, Seifert AC, Simsir A, Adams C, Haasnoot S, Hafner S, Siciliano MA, Vallejos BB,
Del Boccio P, Lamendola -Essel MF, Young CE, Kewlani D, Akinbo PA, Parent B, Chung A, Cato TC, Mudumbi
PC, Esquenazi-Karonika S, Wood MJ, Chan J, Monteiro J, Shinnick DJ, Thaweethai T, Nguyen AN, Fitzgerald ML,
Perlowski AA, Stiles LE, Paskett ML, Katz SD, Foulkes AS; RECOVER Initiative Autopsy Group. Researching
COVID to enhance recovery (RECOVER) tissue pathology study protocol: Rationale, objectives, and design . PLoS
One. 2024 Jan 10;19(1):e0285645. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285645. PMID: 38198481; PMCID: PMC10781091.
Obenson, K., Jackson, N. J., Mushumba, H., Mitchell, R., Eugene Walker, A., & Carter, J. M. (2022). Challenges to
recruitment and retention of Black forensic pathologists. Journal of the National Medical Association , S0027 -
9684(22)00138-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2022.07.003
Maghami S, Hendrix C, Matecki M, Mahendran K, Amdur R, Mitchell R, Diaz F, Estroff J, Smith ER, Shapiro G,
Sarani B. Comparison of the causes of death and wounding patterns in urban firearm -related violence and civilian
public mass shooting events. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Feb;88(2):310 -313. doi:
10.1097/TA.0000000000002470.PMID: 31389914
Sarani B, Hendrix C, Matecki M, Estroff J, Amdur RL, Robinson BRH, Shapiro G, Gondek S, Mitchell R, Smith
ER.J Wounding Patterns Based on Firearm Type in Civilian Public Mass Shootings in the United States. Am Coll
Surg. 2019 Mar;228(3):228-234. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.11.014. Epub 2018 Dec 7.PMID: 30529633
Smith, R., Sarani, B., Shapiro, G., Gondek, S ., Rivas, L., Ju, T., Robinson, B., Estroff, J., Fudenberg, J., Amdur, R.,
Mitchell, R.. Incidence and Cause of Potentially Preventable Death after Civilian Public Mass Shooting in the US.
J Am Coll Surg 2019; 229:244-251.
Frazer E., Mitchell R., et. al. The Violence Epidemic in the African American Community: A Call by the National
Medical Association for Comprehensive Reform. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2018 Feb 1; 110(1) 4-
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Mitchell R., et. al. National Association of Medical Examiners Position Paper: Recommendations for the Definition,
Investigation, Postmortem Examination, and Reporting of Deaths in Custody. Academic forensic pathology.
2017;7(4):604-618. doi:10.23907/2017.051
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Mitchell R., et. al. Medicolegal Death Investigation of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths. Pediatric annals.
2017;46(8):e297-e302. doi:10.3928/19382359-20170724-01
Davies, B., Bayard, C., Larson, S., Zarwell, L., Mitchell, R . Retrospective Analysis of Synthetic Cannabinoid
Metabolites in Urine of Individuals Suspected of Driving Impaired. Journal of Analytical Toxicology 2015:1-7
Burnett, J., Mitchell, R., et al. Forensic Markers Associated with a History of Elder Mistreatment and Self-Neglect.
Academic Forensic Pathology; 2013 3(4):458-467
Rosen, D., Lopez, A., Anzalone, M., Wolf, D., Derrick, S., Florez, L., Gonsoulin, M., Hines, M., Mitchell, R., et al.
Postmortem Findings in Eight Cases of Influenza A/H1N1. Modern Pathology 2010; 23(11):1449-1457
Zielsdorf, S., Mitchell, R., et al. Emergency Preparedness: Five Years and Counting…Is Your Clinical Microbiology
Laboratory Ready? Clinical Leadership & Management Review, 2007 21(5) 1-26.
Mitchell R. et al. Public Health and Aging: Nonfatal Physical Assault --Related Injuries Among Persons Aged >60
Years Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments –United States, 2001. MMWR, 2003 52(34) 812-816
Amaranto, E., Steinberg, J., Castellano, C., Mitchell, R . (2003). Police stress interventions. Brief Treatment and
Crisis Intervention, 3, 47-54. doi: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhg001
Mitchell R . SNMA’s Police Brutality Position Statement. Journal of the Student National Medical Association ,
20006(1) 37-8 https://cdn.ymaws.com/snma.org/resource/resmgr/hlpa/policy_statements/update_police_brutality.pdf
GRANTS SUPERVISION AND PRIMARY INVESTIGATION:
DC Department of Health – Center of Excellence for Trauma and Violence Prevention ($550,000 per year) -
CURRENT
CDC Foundation – Medicolegal Death Investigation International Community of Practice, Institutionalization
Project ($350,000 per year) - CURRENT
NIH - A Multi-site Pathology Study of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (~$23,000 per year) 2023
US National Park Service – New York African Burial Ground Audit – ($85,000) 2023
Office of Victims Service and Justice Grants, Paul Coverdell Subgrant Forensic Training and Medicolegal
Consultations ($135,000 per year) 2021
Office of Victims Services and Justice Grants – Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA) Subgrant
($236,000 per year) 2021
US Department of Transportation, Driving Under the Influence Subgrant ($350,000 per year) 2021
UASI: Fatality Management Logistics and Equipment Cache Subgrant ($325,900) 2021
Office of Victims Services and Justice Grants – Male Survivor Advisory Board Subgrant – ($69,412 per year)
DC Health CRISIS Subgrant – ($1,328,983) 2021
DC Health National Violent Death Reporting System Subgrant- ($95,772 per year) 2021
Enhanced State Surveillance of Opioid-Involved Morbidity and Mortality Subgrant – ($143,467) 2021
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OD2A – Overdose to Action – ($686,557 per year) 2021
Multi-institutional Multi -disciplinary Injury Mortality Investigation in the Civilian Pre -hospital Environment
(MIMIC) Grant – ($21,280) 2021
DC Health EBOLA – ($150,000) 2021
DC Health Data Timeless – ($7875 per year)
HSEMA COOP – ($1,216,400 per year) 2021
DC Health Systems Interoperability – ($232,838 per year) 2021
COSSAP – Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program – ($4,803,077) 2021
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Faculty Masters Series of Distinguished Leaders (MSDL)
Member Board – Young Doctors Project
Member Board – Mentoring in Medicine
Member Board – Hip Hop Caucus – Washington DC/Los Angeles, CA
Member Cosmos Club – Washington DC
Minister New Bethel Baptist Church (NBBC) – Washington DC
Ordination – October 2020
Returning Citizen/Prison Ministry – Leader
Licensed Minister October 2016
Commissioner Combat Sports Commission – Washington DC
NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA:

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xecutive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
D
r. Roger Mitchell
D
r. Roger Mitchell is board certified in Anatomic and Forensic Pathology
by the American Board of Pathology and now serves as Professor of
Pathology at Howard University College of Medicine. He also serves as
the Chief Medical Officer for the Howard University Adult Ambulatory
Care Center.
Prior to his work at Howard, Dr. Mitchell was the Chief Medical
Examiner for Washington, DC where he served from 2014 to 2021. Just
before his tenure ended as Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Mitchell was the
only forensic pathologist in history to also serve in a dual role as Interim
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice.
Dr. Mitchell has been published in 13 peer review journals, provided nearly 100 lectures on a
myriad of forensic topics, has written two book chapters and serves on the Editorial Board for the
Journal of the Center for Policy Analysis & Research at the Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation.
A Ward 1 resident, Dr. Mitchell received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Howard
University, and his Doctor of Medicine from New Jersey Medical School.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
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The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681
To: Kimberly A. Bassett, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: October 21, 2025
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of a Resolution appointing Dr. Roger Mitchell to the
Science Advisory Board
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced Resolution and
found it to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Michael Porcello, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at
202-727-0872, or me at 202-724-7681.
______________________________
Elizabeth Cavendish