Background
Hicks, Heraline Elaine was born on September 27, 1951 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Daughter of Heral and Ophelia Lillie (Albergottie) Hicks.
educator environmental health scientist
Hicks, Heraline Elaine was born on September 27, 1951 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Daughter of Heral and Ophelia Lillie (Albergottie) Hicks.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1973; Master of Science, Atlanta U., 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Atlanta U., 1980; postgraduate, U. North Carolina, 1980-1984.
Research associate Chapel Hill Dental Research Center, U. North Carolina, 1980-1981; National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow Chapel Hill Dental Research Center, Chapel Hill Dental Research Center and Department Surgery, 1982-1984; guest scientist, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1985-1987; assistant professor Chapel Hill School Dentistry, U. North Carolina, 1985-1988; professor, director electron microscopy, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, 1988-1990; senior environmental health scientist, director, Court Justices for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances andDisease Registry, Atlanta, since 1990; program director Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program,, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Member health professionals task force advisory board International Joint Commission, Washington, since 1995.
Member American Society for Cell Biology (Young Investigator fellowship 1990), Teratology (Young Investigator fellowship 1987), Microscopy Society American, Biology Honor Society, Beta Kappa Chi.