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.