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Luke Rodda, PhD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW
San Francisco CA 94143
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-8660-6481 Additional info
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    Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaPhD06/2014Forensic Toxicology (Department of Forensic Medicine)
    RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaBAppSci (Honors, First Class)12/2008Nanotoxicology
    RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaBAppSci12/2007Pharmaceutical Science
    RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaCert IV12/2006Business, Frontline Management
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    Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT)2023Young Forensic Toxicologist Service Award
    The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT)2014Best Publication (Young Scientist Award)
    Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)2014First Travel Award
    SPHPM, Monash University 2013Best Peer-Reviewed Paper: Early Career Researcher
    Forensic and Clinical Toxicology Association (FACTA)2013First Scholarship Prize

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    1. Refining cause of death attribution among opioid, opioid-stimulant and stimulant acute toxicity deaths. Addiction. 2025 Sep 17. Chang YG, Anderson N, Long K, Murphy C, McMahan VM, Rodda LN, Kral AH, Coffin PO. PMID: 40958719.
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    2. Application of Professional Best Practices in Postmortem Forensic Toxicology. J Anal Toxicol. 2025 Jul 09. Truver MT, Chronister CW, Davis GG, Gray TR, Hartman RL, Kahl JH, Karschner EL, Kerrigan S, Kronstrand R, Krotulski AJ, Lee D, Logan BK, Moore DM, Rodda LN, Vikingsson S, Winecker RE, Goldberger BA. PMID: 40632588.
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    3. A validated screening and confirmation method for 946 drugs and metabolites using LC-QTOF-MS with SWATH acquisition. J Anal Toxicol. 2025 Jul 01; 49(6):407-416. Sarkisian M, Rodda LN. PMID: 40324907.
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    4. From Promise to Practice: Why HRMS Has Yet to Fully Revolutionize Forensic Toxicology. J Anal Toxicol. 2025 May 02. Rodda LN, Ellefsen KN, Mardal M, Stockham P, Steuer AE, Mata D, Krotulski AJ, Sarkisian M. PMID: 40314114.
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    5. Thematic analysis of medical examiner narratives to understand the socio-spatial context, recency of drug use, and likely mechanism of stimulant toxicity deaths. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Jul 01; 272:112700. Black F, McMahan VM, Chang YG, Rodda LN, Coffin PO. PMID: 40328078; PMCID: PMC12135998.
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    6. The Fourth Wave of the Opioid Epidemic: Increasing Combination of Fentanyl With Stimulants. Am J Public Health. 2025 Apr; 115(4):555-565. Diekhans K, Yu J, Pearring S, Almeida R, Rodda LN. PMID: 40073345; PMCID: PMC11903063.
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    7. Bladder wash: a proof of concept as an alternative specimen for postmortem toxicology. J Anal Toxicol. 2025 Mar 10; 49(3):180-190. Rodda LN, Candela KE, Hart AP, Moffatt EG, Farley MC, Pearring S, Scott KS. PMID: 39801271.
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    8. Bladder Wash as an Alternative Postmortem Toxicology Specimen: Forensic Pathologists' Perspectives. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2025 Feb 27. Rodda LN, Candela KE, Hart AP, Moffatt EG, Pearring S, Scott KS. PMID: 40014331.
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    9. Multi-class analysis of 57 drugs quantitatively in blood and qualitatively in urine by LC-MS-MS to complement comprehensive DFC, DUID, and postmortem testing. J Anal Toxicol. 2025 Jan 20; 49(1):1-13. Rodda LN, Farley M, Towler S, Devincenzi T, Pearring S. PMID: 39252597.
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    10. Identification of Behavioral, Clinical, and Psychological Antecedents of Acute Stimulant Poisoning: Development and Implementation of a Mixed Methods Psychological Autopsy Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 01 13; 9:e64873. Antolin Muñiz M, McMahan VM, Luna Marti X, Brennan S, Tavasieff S, Rodda LN, Knoll J, Coffin PO. PMID: 39815401; PMCID: PMC11745507.
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    11. Assessment of postmortem urine fentanyl detection by autopsy dipstick testing in accidental overdose deaths. J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Nov 15; 48(9):667-671. Tsang A, Rodda LN. PMID: 39230968.
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    12. Fluorofentanyl and novel synthetic opioids in accidental overdose deaths. J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Oct 28; 48(8):573-581. Yu J, Diekhans K, Tsang A, Rodda LN. PMID: 39087259.
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    13. The use of sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra (SWATH), a data-independent acquisition high-resolution mass spectrometry  approach, in forensic toxicological regimes: A review. Drug Test Anal. 2025 Feb; 17(2):300-310. Sarkisian M, Rodda LN. PMID: 38724180; PMCID: PMC11842176.
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    14. The surge of bromazolam-related fatalities replacing other novel designer benzodiazepines-related fatalities in San Francisco. Addiction. 2024 Aug; 119(8):1487-1490. Rodda LN. PMID: 38679868.
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    15. Analysis of over 250 novel synthetic opioids and xylazine by LC-MS-MS in blood and urine. J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Mar 28; 48(3):150-164. Diekhans K, Yu J, Farley M, Rodda LN. PMID: 38459917.
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    16. A Single Method for 127 Recommended and Additional DUID Drugs in Blood and Urine by LC-MS-MS. J Anal Toxicol. 2022 Jul 14; 46(6):658-669. Farley M, Tran H, Towler S, Gevorkyan J, Pearring S, Rodda LN. PMID: 34159389.
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    17. A Case Series of Etizolam in Opioid-Related Deaths. J Anal Toxicol. 2021 Aug 14; 45(7):e4-e17. Gevorkyan J, Kinyua J, Pearring S, Rodda LN. PMID: 33031544.
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    18. Fentanyl epidemic hits the U.S. West Coast: Opioid-related deaths in San Francisco from 2009-2019. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 09; 95:103402. West KL, Lindquist K, Rodda LN. PMID: 34364179.
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    19. Drug Overdose Deaths Before and After Shelter-in-Place Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in San Francisco. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 05 03; 4(5):e2110452. Appa A, Rodda LN, Cawley C, Zevin B, Coffin PO, Gandhi M, Imbert E. PMID: 33978726; PMCID: PMC8116981.
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    20. Inferences and Legal Considerations Following a Blood Collection Tube Recall. J Anal Toxicol. 2021 Feb 13; 45(2):211-214. Rodda LN, Pearring S, Harper CE, Tiscione NB, Jones AW. PMID: 32442269.
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    21. Two Decades of Ecstasy: Shifting Demographic Trends in Decedents using MDMA. J Anal Toxicol. 2020 Dec 11. Armenian P, Rodda LN. PMID: 33305792.
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    22. Evaluation and applicability of Alere iCup DX 14 for rapid postmortem urine drug screening at autopsy. J Forensic Sci. 2021 Jan; 66(1):375-382. Towler S, Concheiro M, Pearring S, Rodda LN. PMID: 33022072.
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    23. Opioid Overdose-Related Emergency Department Visits and Accidental Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Urban Health. 2020 12; 97(6):808-813. Rodda LN, West KL, LeSaint KT. PMID: 32989667; PMCID: PMC7521564.
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    24. Method Consolidation to Improve Scope and Efficiency in Postmortem Toxicology. J Anal Toxicol. 2020 Apr 02; 44(5):422-439. Gevorkyan J, Wong M, Pearring S, Rodda LN. PMID: 32020178.
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    25. Evaluation of Intraosseous Fluid as an Alternative Biological Specimen in Postmortem Toxicology. J Anal Toxicol. 2018 Apr 01; 42(3):163-169. Rodda LN, Volk JA, Moffat E, Williams CM, Lynch KL, Wu AHB. PMID: 29272445.
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    26. Distribution of furanyl fentanyl and 4-ANPP in an accidental acute death: A case report. Forensic Sci Int. 2018 Feb; 283:e13-e17. Martucci HFH, Ingle EA, Hunter MD, Rodda LN. PMID: 29254806.
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    27. A Cluster of Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Deaths in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. J Anal Toxicol. 2017 May 01; 41(4):318-324. Rodda LN, Pilgrim JL, Di Rago M, Crump K, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 28158759.
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    28. Ultra-rapid targeted analysis of 40 drugs of abuse in oral fluid by LC-MS/MS using carbon-13 isotopes of methamphetamine and MDMA to reduce detector saturation. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2016 05; 408(14):3737-49. Di Rago M, Chu M, Rodda LN, Jenkins E, Kotsos A, Gerostamoulos D. PMID: 26993306.
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    29. Reply to Maskell et al. J Anal Toxicol. 2015 Jun; 39(5):416. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 25882554.
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    30. Pharmacokinetics of reduced iso-α-acids in volunteers following clear bottled beer consumption. Forensic Sci Int. 2015 May; 250:37-43. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 25769132.
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    31. Detection of iso-α-acids to confirm beer consumption in postmortem specimens. Drug Test Anal. 2015 Jan; 7(1):65-74. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 25421420.
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    32. The postmortem redistribution of iso-α-acids in postmortem specimens. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2014 Dec; 10(4):550-6. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 25319244.
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    33. Pharmacokinetics of iso-α-acids in volunteers following the consumption of beer. J Anal Toxicol. 2014 Jul-Aug; 38(6):354-9. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 24778090.
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    34. Fast targeted analysis of 132 acidic and neutral drugs and poisons in whole blood using LC-MS/MS. Forensic Sci Int. 2014 Oct; 243:35-43. Di Rago M, Saar E, Rodda LN, Turfus S, Kotsos A, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 24794019.
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    35. The stability of iso-α-acids and reduced iso-α-acids in stored blood specimens. Forensic Sci Int. 2014 Jun; 239:44-9. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 24742737.
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    36. The rapid identification and quantification of iso-α-acids and reduced iso-α-acids in blood using UHPLC-MS/MS: validation of a novel marker for beer consumption. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2013 Dec; 405(30):9755-67. Rodda LN, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 24177342.
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    37. Alcohol congener analysis and the source of alcohol: a review. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2013 Jun; 9(2):194-207. Rodda LN, Beyer J, Gerostamoulos D, Drummer OH. PMID: 23456600.
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    38. The incidence of drugs of impairment in oral fluid from random roadside testing. Forensic Sci Int. 2012 Feb 10; 215(1-3):28-31. Chu M, Gerostamoulos D, Beyer J, Rodda L, Boorman M, Drummer OH. PMID: 21665392.
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