Forensic Scientist Honored as Camden County Technical School Alumna of the Year

Gloucester Township, NJ -- A top-level forensic scientist from Somerdale, has been named 2016 Alumna of the Year at Camden County Technical Schools (CCTS), county officials said on Monday.

Cherie Haubois Trail is a 2002 graduate of the Allied Health career program at the district’s Gloucester Township Campus.

She was to be honored during the school’s graduation ceremony on Monday. She was to receive a plaque from the district’s Board of Education, and her portrait will be displayed at each of the district’s two campuses.

“I am very honored to be selected 2016 Alumna of the Year at Camden County Technical Schools (CCTS),” Trail said. “CCTS has allowed me to be confident in any science field with the anatomy and physiology courses that were a part of my training in the Allied Health Careers program. The knowledge of medical terminology assisted me in my college courses as well as throughout my current career. I still remember the assignment in my career coursework that required us students to research medical careers we had an interest in, and I chose forensic pathology/medical examiner. This became my first exposure into the world of forensics that I have since been immersed in.”

“I want to congratulate Cherie on being named Alumna of the Year,” Camden County Freeholder Carmen Rodriguez, liaison to Camden County Technical Schools, said. “We are proud that the education students receive at Camden County Technical Schools prepares them for a myriad of career opportunities.”

Trail earned a Bachelor of Science in Genetic Engineering with a concentration in Forensic Science from Cedar Crest College, a liberal arts school for women in Allentown, PA. It is accredited by the Forensic Science Educational Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

“I was very honored to have attended there as well as being selecting to work in the forensic science department my senior year,” Trail said. “Through my experience at Cedar Crest, I was also honored to have interned at the New Jersey State Police, Office of Forensic Sciences, DNA Unit.”

She continued her education through extended learning programs, including the study of “Death Investigation Training” at the University of North Dakota.

For the past nine years she has worked as a top senior analyst, Level IV, at National Medical Services (NMS) Labs headquartered in Willow Grove, PA.

NMS is a private/independent full-service laboratory that provides certified and licensed clinical and forensic toxicological analysis of body fluids and tissues for drugs and intoxicants.