Psychoactive Medication, Violence & Your Genes | EP 34 | Selma Eikelenboom

Forensics Talks

Selma J. M. Eikelenboom-Schieveld is a forensic scientist at Independent Forensic Services (IFS) in Colorado. She received a degree from the College for Social Work in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1976, followed by 10 years’ experience in psychotherapeutic treatment. Dr. Eikelenboom graduated from medical school from the Free University in Amsterdam in 1992. She worked eight years as a resident in surgery, emergency medicine, obstetrics, and internal medicine. From 2000 on, she focused on medical forensics as coroner for the city of Amsterdam and at the biology department of the Netherland’s Forensic Institute. In 2003, she started IFS out of the Netherlands and in 2011 she moved to Colorado and opened a second laboratory. Through her forensic medical work, she became interested in a possible association between DNA variants, psychoactive medication, and violence. That interest became the emphasis of her work, leading to a research project with the University of Denver and a PhD in March 2021.
Originally aired on May 27, 2021