Institute of Forensic Medicine

Anthropology

CV

  • Since 2020 PhD candidate, University of Bern
  • 2019-2020 MSc candidate, University of Pretoria
  • 2008-2018 Product and Marketing Manager at Karger Publishers, Basel
  • 2006-2008 Assistant to Product and Marketing Manager at Karger Publishers, Basel
  • 2003-2005 MSc candidate, University of Basel
  • 2001-2002 BSc Hons candidate, University of Pretoria
  • 1998-2001 BSc candidate, University of Basel

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Research focus

  • Virtual anthropology
  • Sex estimation

Publications and Talks

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Journal Article

Braun, Sandra; Schwendener, Nicole; Kanz, Fabian; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (2023). What we see is what we touch? Sex estimation on the pelvis in virtual anthropology. International journal of legal medicine, 137(6), pp. 1839-1852. Springer 10.1007/s00414-023-03034-w

Braun, Sandra; Ridel, Alison F.; L'Abbé, Ericka N.; Oettlé, Anna C. (2023). Analysis of the hard-tissue menton shape variation in adult South Africans using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans. Forensic imaging, 32, p. 200532. Elsevier 10.1016/j.fri.2023.200532

Braun, Sandra; Indra, Lara; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (2022). Perimortem Skeletal Sharp Force Trauma: Detection Reliability on CT Data, Demographics and Anatomical Patterns from a Forensic Dataset. Biology, 11(5), p. 666. MDPI 10.3390/biology11050666

Braun, Sandra; Ridel, Alison F; L'Abbé, Ericka N; Theye, Charlotte EG; Oettlé, Anna C (2022). Repeatability of a morphoscopic sex estimation technique for the mental eminence on micro-focus X-ray computed tomography models. Forensic imaging, 28, p. 200500. Elsevier 10.1016/j.fri.2022.200500

Conference or Workshop Item

Braun, S; Schwendener, N; Kanz, F; Lösch, S; Milella, M (25 November 2023). Dry bone and virtual modality interchangeability for the estimation of sex on the human pelvis and skull (Unpublished). In: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Anthropologie. University of Zurich Irchel.

Braun, Sandra; Ridel, Alison F.; L'Abbé, Ericka N.; Oettlé, Anna C. (24 August 2023). Analysis of the hard-tissue menton shape in adult South Africans using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans (Unpublished). In: Faculty Research Day, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria. August 24, 2023.

Braun, Sandra; Schwendener, Nicole; Kanz, Fabian; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (5 April 2023). Dry bone and virtual modality interchangeability for the estimation of sex on the human pelvis (Unpublished). In: American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Reno (online). April 3-5, 2023.

Braun, Sandra; Schwendener, Nicole; Kanz, Fabian; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (April 2023). Dry bone and virtual modality interchangeability for the estimation of sex on the human pelvis. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180(S75), p. 21. Wiley

Braun, Sandra; Indra, Lara; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (11 November 2022). Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: Perimortem skeletal sharp force trauma on postmortem CT (Unpublished). In: Swiss Anthropological Association (SGA) annual meeting. Basel. November 11-12, 2022.

Braun, Sandra; Indra, Lara; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (25 August 2022). Perimortem skeletal sharp force trauma on postmortem CTs (Unpublished). In: European Meeting on Forensic Archaeology. Dresden (GER). August 25-26 2022.

Braun, Sandra; Indra, Lara Isabelle; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (25 June 2022). Perimortem skeletal sharp force trauma on postmortem CTs in forensic anthropology (Unpublished). In: Sommertagung SGRM, Themenblock: Anthropologie und Bildgebung. Bern. 24.-25.6.2022.

Braun, Sandra; Indra, Lara; Milella, Marco; Lösch, Sandra (June 2022). Perimortem skeletal sharp force trauma on postmortem CTs (Unpublished). In: SCHWEIZERISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR RECHTSMEDIZIN Annual Meeting. June 24-25 2022.

Braun, Sandra; Indra, Lara; Lösch, Sandra; Milella, Marco (2022). Detecting skeletal perimortem sharp force trauma on postmortem computed tomography images in forensic anthropology. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(S73), p. 21. Wiley

Thesis

Braun, Sandra (2024). Evaluating the Usefulness of CT Data for Trauma Analysis and Sex Estimation (Unpublished). (Dissertation, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine)

Publications and talks before 2022

Publications

Braun, Sandra (2005): Cribra orbitalia – Makroskopische Evaluation eines Stressors in der Skelettserie Spitalfriedhof St. Johann. Bulletin der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie 2005, 10(2), pp. 1-51.

Braun, Sandra; Thackeray J Francis; Loots, Marius (2004): The development of a morphometric technique to assess probabilities of conspecificity in extant primates and Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2004, 41, pp. 93-95.

Talks

Braun, Sandra (2005): Cribra orbitalia: Epidemiology in the St. Johann Hospital Cemetery population (unpublished). In: Annual congress of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Anthropologie (SGA). Bern.

Braun, Sandra (2005): Cribra orbitalia: Epidemiological investigation in the St. Johann skeletal series, Basel (unpublished). In: 6th Congress of the Gesellschaft für Anthropologie (GfA). Munich.

Braun, Sandra (2005): Cribra orbitalia: An epidemiological investigation in the St. Johann Hospital Cemetery, Basel, Switzerland (unpublished). In: 3rd Balkan Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS). Constanta.

Braun, Sandra (2004): Cribra orbitalia – evaluation of a stressmarker in the St. Johann Hospital Cemetery skeletal series from Basel, Switzerland (unpublished). In: 2nd Balkan Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS). Serres.

Braun, Sandra (2003): A new morphometric method to test probabilities of conspecificity (unpublished). In: 33rd Anatomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA). Golden Gate.