Background
Shacks, Samuel James was born on May 20, 1939 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel and Bessie (Blackwell) Shacks.
Shacks, Samuel James was born on May 20, 1939 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel and Bessie (Blackwell) Shacks.
Bachelor of Science in Biology/Chemistry, U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University of California, Irvine, 1972; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 1977.
Internship, Martin Luther King Junior General Hospital, Los Angeles, 1977-1978;
residency pediatrics, Martin Luther King, Junior General Hospital, Los Angeles, 1978-1980;
medical director, The Do It Now Foundation, Hollywood, California, 1980-1982;
medical director, The Sunrise Community Counseling Center, Los Angeles, 1981-1982;
director, Minority biomedical Research Support Program, Los Angeles, since 1984;
director, Minority Access to Research Careers Program, Los Angeles, since 1984;
director, Minority High School Student Research Apprentice Program, Los Angeles, since 1985;
director, Research Training Institute, Los Angeles, since 1986;
associate dean research, Drew U., Los Angeles, 1987-1992. Consultant Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Centers, Parent Review Committee National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1986. Member Sickle Cell Disease Task Force, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1990-1991.
Liaison/coordinator AMHPS National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, since 1987;member Task Force for Graduate and Career Placement National Science Foundation Access Grant. Member executive advising committee National Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Minority Information and Education Program, Howard U., Washington.
Mentor Partners in Science and Industry, Los Angeles, since 1991. Member Research Centers in Minority Institutions, National Advisory Committee Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., Tallahassee, since 1989. Commissioner Los Angeles County Commision on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Los Angeles, since 1989.
Board member National Cancer Control Research Network, Inc., National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation, Drew-Meharry-Morehouse Cancer Consortium-Meharry Medical College, Nashville. With Medical Corps, United States Army, 1961-1964. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Minority Health Professions Schools, National Medical Association, American Academy Allergy and Immunology, Association of Minority Health Professions Schools.
Married Janice Priscilla, Mary 20, 1982. 1 child, Dwight Jourdain, Junior.