Julius Schachter, PhD

University of California, San Francisco
Department of Laboratory Medicine
1001 Potrero Ave, Bld 30 Rm 416
San Francisco, CA
USA 94110
Email: julius.schachter@ucsf.edu

Biographical Sketch:
Research/Professional 1992-2008 Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco 1993-now Research Associate, F. I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco 2008-now Emeritus Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco Other Experience and Professional Memberships 1962-now American Society for Microbiology 1974-now American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association 1978-now Infectious Diseases Society of America, Fellow 1979-now International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 1982-now American Epidemiological Society 1982-now International Chlamydia Symposium 1983-now American Academy of Microbiology, Fellow 1984-now American Society for Rickettsiology and Rickettsial Diseases 1989-now Editor, Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1991-now International Society for Infectious Diseases 2005-now European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2006-now Senior Counsellor – Executive Committee, International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2006-now Faculty of 1000 Medicine – Head of Infectious Diseases subsection: Sexually transmitted diseases (without HIV) 2007-now Associate Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Trachoma section. Dr Julius Schachter is an Emeritus 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. Dr Schachter has published more than 500 articles on his studies of chlamydiae. 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.