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Trish Fore, D-ABMDISpecialties
Child Death Investigation, Medicolegal Death Scene Investigation TFT Courses Taught Child Death Investigation |
About Trish Fore
Trish Fore is a 1994 West Virginia University (WVU) graduate. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development and Family Studies while on a full scholarship with the WVU Women’s Basketball team. Upon graduation, Ms. Fore began her career in child advocacy as a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker in West Virginia. Starting out investigating child abuse and neglect allegations, Ms. Fore’s experience and education allowed her a smooth transition into the position of Investigative Supervisor.
In 2000, Ms. Fore turned her focus to a career change to pharmaceutical sales. With nine years tenure in this field, she was afforded a wealth of knowledge of specific pharmaceuticals including; antibiotics, cardiovascular and diabetes medications, and their effects.
In 2009, Ms. Fore was once again supervising investigations within the West Virginia CPS program. It was during this 2 year period that she was appointed a member of the WV Child Fatality Review Team. This appointment led Ms. Fore to the realization that her passion was to provide a voice for the many children, infants to adolescents, whose untimely, unfortunate, and sometimes violent deaths left them unable to tell their own stories. It is with hope that Trish shares the experiences of these children in an effort to reduce unnecessary child deaths.
In 2011, Ms. Fore was made Director of the West Virginia Fatality Review program where she coordinated and reviewed domestic violence and all preventable child deaths. Ms. Fore organized multidisciplinary reviews to identify case trends, patterns, and risk factors. She also was in charge of providing statistical analysis stating causes of death in annual reports to the WV Legislature. Ms. Fore promoted public awareness of child deaths and specialized in infant death scenes. During her time as Director of the Fatality Review Teams, she provided her knowledge and education to various professional affiliations including WV Children’s Justice Task Force, Our Babies Safe and Sound, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Child Advocacy Network. Ms. Fore also sat on the Southeast Coalition on Child Fatalities.
As Director, Ms. Fore was housed in the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner where she gained extensive experience in death scene investigations. She obtained her WV Medicolegal Death Scene Investigation certification and was appointed as a County Medical Examiner (CoME), working evenings and weekends. Ms. Fore utilized her knowledge of child abuse and neglect investigations to develop statewide investigative information collection forms used by all CoMEs during death investigations. Ms. Fore also trained law enforcement professionals, social workers, and medical personnel on child death investigations across the state of West Virginia.
In 2015, Ms. Fore was hired by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as the Staff Development and Training Coordinator. Her primary responsibility is to develop North Carolina’s first and only medical examiner educational training program. Ms. Fore will be responsible for developing and monitoring this training program to provide enhanced uniformity and quality of medicolegal death investigations. Since her hire, she has trained over 350 medical examiners on basic death scene investigation requirements, as it pertains to North Carolina.
Trish Fore is a 1994 West Virginia University (WVU) graduate. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development and Family Studies while on a full scholarship with the WVU Women’s Basketball team. Upon graduation, Ms. Fore began her career in child advocacy as a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker in West Virginia. Starting out investigating child abuse and neglect allegations, Ms. Fore’s experience and education allowed her a smooth transition into the position of Investigative Supervisor.
In 2000, Ms. Fore turned her focus to a career change to pharmaceutical sales. With nine years tenure in this field, she was afforded a wealth of knowledge of specific pharmaceuticals including; antibiotics, cardiovascular and diabetes medications, and their effects.
In 2009, Ms. Fore was once again supervising investigations within the West Virginia CPS program. It was during this 2 year period that she was appointed a member of the WV Child Fatality Review Team. This appointment led Ms. Fore to the realization that her passion was to provide a voice for the many children, infants to adolescents, whose untimely, unfortunate, and sometimes violent deaths left them unable to tell their own stories. It is with hope that Trish shares the experiences of these children in an effort to reduce unnecessary child deaths.
In 2011, Ms. Fore was made Director of the West Virginia Fatality Review program where she coordinated and reviewed domestic violence and all preventable child deaths. Ms. Fore organized multidisciplinary reviews to identify case trends, patterns, and risk factors. She also was in charge of providing statistical analysis stating causes of death in annual reports to the WV Legislature. Ms. Fore promoted public awareness of child deaths and specialized in infant death scenes. During her time as Director of the Fatality Review Teams, she provided her knowledge and education to various professional affiliations including WV Children’s Justice Task Force, Our Babies Safe and Sound, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Child Advocacy Network. Ms. Fore also sat on the Southeast Coalition on Child Fatalities.
As Director, Ms. Fore was housed in the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner where she gained extensive experience in death scene investigations. She obtained her WV Medicolegal Death Scene Investigation certification and was appointed as a County Medical Examiner (CoME), working evenings and weekends. Ms. Fore utilized her knowledge of child abuse and neglect investigations to develop statewide investigative information collection forms used by all CoMEs during death investigations. Ms. Fore also trained law enforcement professionals, social workers, and medical personnel on child death investigations across the state of West Virginia.
In 2015, Ms. Fore was hired by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as the Staff Development and Training Coordinator. Her primary responsibility is to develop North Carolina’s first and only medical examiner educational training program. Ms. Fore will be responsible for developing and monitoring this training program to provide enhanced uniformity and quality of medicolegal death investigations. Since her hire, she has trained over 350 medical examiners on basic death scene investigation requirements, as it pertains to North Carolina.