Background
Marks, James S. was born on May 13, 1948 in Buffalo.
public health service administrator
Marks, James S. was born on May 13, 1948 in Buffalo.
AB cum laude, Williams College, 1969. Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1973. Master in Public Health, Yale University, 1980.
Intern in pediatrics University California, San Francisco, 1973-1974, resident in pediatrics, 1974-1975, chief resident pediatric outpatient department, 1975-1976. Fellow Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1980. Resident in preventive medicine Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1977-1978, 1981-1982, chief epidemiology and research branch, nutrition division, 1982-1984, assistant director preventive medicine residency program, 1985-1987, director division reproductive health, 1987, coordinator for chronic disease control activities, 1987-1988, acting director division diabetes translation, 1988-1989, acting director division chronic disease control, 1990-1991, director division reproductive health, 1992-1995, director National Center Chronic Disease Prevention/Health Promotion, 1995—2004, acting director, 2004.
Senior vice president, director health group Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, since 2004. Clinic physician Planned Parenthood of San Francisco Teen Clinic, 1975-1976. Consultant physician Ohio Department Health Bureau Preventive Medicine, 1978-1979.
Consultant PAHO Consultative Group on Perinatal Care, Washington, 1982, World Health Organization Malaysia Ministry of Health, 1982, 83, World Health Organization Maternal and Child Health Unit Geneva, 1983, World Bank China Program Third Health Project, 1988, 1991, World Bank Poland, Health Promotion/Chronic Disease Prevention, 1992, World Bank China, Seventh Health Project, 1993. Adjunct associate professor Emory University School Public Health. Assistant surgeon general, since 1996.
Executive secretary Diabetes Technology Advisory committee, 1989-1992. Liaison member National Diabetes Advisory Board, 1988-1989. Member Diabetes Mellitus Interagy.
Coording. committee, 1988-1989. Member subcommittee adult education, American Cancer Society, 1987-1992. Staff White House Task Force on Infant Mortality, 1989.
Presenter in field. Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer United States Public Health Service Field Services Division, 1976-1978. Fellow American College Epidemiology. Member American Public Health Association (active in committee work), Institute Medicine, American Epidemiological Society, Society Epidemiological Research, American Academy Pediatrics (committee pediatric research 1994-1995), International Epidemiological Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Society on Medical Decision Making, Epidemic Intelligence Service Alumni Association, Sigma Xi.