University of California, San Francisco
Chlamydia Research Laboratory
1001 Potrero Ave, Bld 30 Rm 416
San Francisco,
CA
USA
94110
Email:
Julius.Schachter@ucsf.edu
Biographical Sketch:
2002-Present -- North American Branch Committee Chair, International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections.
1993-Present -- Research Associate, F. I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco
1992-Present -- Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco
1989-Present -- Editor, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Official Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, the International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections, and the Scandinavian Society for Genito-Urinary Medicine
1999-2002 -- Regional Director (North America), International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections.
1997-2001 -- Chair, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Diagnostic Initiative, UNAIDS
1996-2002 -- President, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
1992-95 -- Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
1981-91 -- Professor of Epidemiology in Residence, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco
1978-2003 -- Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Chlamydia
Dr Julius Schachter is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. He is the Editor of the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases. His current research focuses on the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of chlamydial infections, as well as the evaluation of newly developed diagnostic methods for chlamydial infections. His former appointments included Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Chlamydiae from 1978 –2003; and Chair, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Diagnostic Initiative of the UNAIDS Programme from 1997–2001.
Dr Schachter has published more than 500 articles on his studies of Chlamydiae.