Background
Schachter, Julius was born on June 1, 1936 in New York City. Son of Samuel Isidore andMary (Kudisch) S.
Schachter, Julius was born on June 1, 1936 in New York City. Son of Samuel Isidore andMary (Kudisch) S.
Bachelor of Arts Chemistry, Columbia College, 1957. Master of Arts in Physiology, Hunter College, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology, University of California-Berkeley, 1965.Assoc. professor epidemiology University of California-San Francisco, 1971-1975, assistant director G.W. Hooper Foundation, 1972-1977, acting director, 1977-1979, professor epidemiology, 1975-1980, professor laboratory medicine, 1980.
Director World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, San Francisco, 1978.
Member expert panel on trachoma World Health Organization, 1974, expert commission on venereal diseases and treponematoses, 1982.
Director G.W. Hooper Foundation. Director World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, San Francisco, 1978. Expert panel on trachoma World Health Organization, 1974, expert committee
Editor: Sexually Transmitted Disease, 1989.
Member American Society Microbiology, American Venereal Disease Association (board directors 1983), Infectious Diseases Society American, American Epidemiological Society, American Academy Microbiology (Board of Governors 1989).
Married Joyce Ann Poynter (deceased. Children: Marc, Sara.