Background
Svikis, Dace Susan was born on September 5, 1959 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Gunars Karlis and Biruta Svikis.
Svikis, Dace Susan was born on September 5, 1959 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Gunars Karlis and Biruta Svikis.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1989.
Assistant professor Johns Hopkins School Medicine, Baltimore, 1990—1996, associate professor, 1997—1999, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1999—2004, professor, since 2004. Program director Center Addiction and Pregnancy, Baltimore, 1992—1999. Deputy director VCU Institute Women's Health, Richmond, since 2001.
Fellow: College Problems Drug Dependence (board member, communications chairperson since 2007).
Married Roy Wilson Pickens, September 12, 1987. Children: Marks Alexander Pickens, Kristopher Janis Pickens.