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Luke Rodda, PhD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW San Francisco CA 94143
ORCID	0000-0001-8660-6481
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Biography

Education and Training

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia	PhD	06/2014	Forensic Toxicology (Department of Forensic Medicine)
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia	BAppSci (Honors, First Class)	12/2008	Nanotoxicology
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia	BAppSci	12/2007	Pharmaceutical Science
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia	Cert IV	12/2006	Business, Frontline Management

Awards and Honors

Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT)	2023	Young Forensic Toxicologist Service Award
The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT)	2014	Best Publication (Young Scientist Award)
Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)	2014	First Travel Award
SPHPM, Monash University	2013	Best Peer-Reviewed Paper: Early Career Researcher
Forensic and Clinical Toxicology Association (FACTA)	2013	First Scholarship Prize

Overview

Interests

Forensic Toxicology, Medico-legal expert opinion, Analytical Chemistry, Forensic Medicine and Science, Public Health, Criminal Justice, Method Development and Validation, Postmortem Toxicology, Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault

Websites

	ResearchGate
	Google Scholar
	UCSF Laboratory Medicine
	ORCID

Bibliographic

Publications

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Fluorofentanyl and Novel Synthetic Opioids in Accidental Overdose Deaths. J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Aug 01. Yu J, Diekhans K, Tsang A, Rodda LN. PMID: 39087259.

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Tox Toxicology
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. 2024 May 09. Sarkisian M, Rodda LN. PMID: 38724180.

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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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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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Pub Public Health Sub Substance-Related Disorders
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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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Med Medicine (General)
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence
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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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Epi Epidemiology Pub Public Health
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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Tox Toxicology
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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Che Chemistry Techniques
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence
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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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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence Pat Pathology
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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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Tox Toxicology
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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence
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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence
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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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Che Chemistry Techniques
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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence Pat Pathology
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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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For Forensic Sciences Jur Jurisprudence
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