Part Time College

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Donald

R. Hicks

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(Emergency) Office - Microbiology

ADDRESS:

Echo

Park, Los Angeles, CA 90026

PARENTS/NEXT

of KIN:

Raymond

D. Hicks, Ph.D. (retired) and Laura Elizabeth Hixon Hicks (Speaky) - PARENTS

EDUCATION:

Doctoral Program - Florida Institute of Technology

(FIT) (my dissertation was done under an

advisor and supervising program that was un-accredited at that time still a

summary of my doctoral research publication may be found in Lancet) - MAJOR: Science

Education/Biology/Microbiology MINOR: Educational Psychology

Master's of Science (Teaching). - Florida Atlantic

University - MAJOR: Science/Microbiology

MINOR: Post Secondary Education

Bachelor's

of Science. - Auburn University - MAJOR: Agriculture/Large Animal Science

MINOR: Microbiology

CREDENTIALS:

California

Community Colleges Lifetime Instructor's Certificate Number 18491 for Biological

Sciences and Professional Education.

Florida

Department of Education Secondary School Biological Sciences (7-12)

Certification #427838.

EMPLOYMENT:

1993

to the present Associate Professor of Life Sciences Microbiology, Biology and

Labs at Los Angeles City College. Member

of: The International AIDS Society since 1996; GLSEN-Los Angeles since 1997;

California Association of Food Technologists and Microbiologists since 1997,

AIDS Research Alliance Volunteer since 1998, Volunteer for the Clinical Trials

of AIDSVAX by Vaxgen 1999.

9/89

to present Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology (Permanent Part

time Adjunct Instructor of General Biology and Microbiology and Labs) at

Glendale College, Glendale, CA.

9/89-1995

Part time Instructor of Biology and Labs at Santa Monica College, Santa Monica,

CA; Part time Instructor of Biology, Introductory Physiology, and Microbiology 2

and Labs at Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA; Part time Instructor of Biology

and Labs at Mission College, Sylmar, CA; Part time Instructor of Biology and

Labs at El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA; and Part time Instructor of

Biology at Los Angeles Trade Tech, Los Angeles, CA.

3/1989

to 6/90 - part time RCMI Research Associate in Virology and AIDS

Prevention/Education Consultant, at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and

Science, Los Angeles, CA.

6/89

to June 1990 - Science Teacher, St. Bernard Catholic High School in Playa del

Rey, CA.

6/86

to 12/88 - Chief of Retrovirology at a Southern California Biological Production

Company and production specialist contracted with the Jonas Salk

Immunotherapeutic HIV Treatment Protocol (REMUNE), La Jolla, CA.

4/84

to 5/86 - Microbiologist and Head Technician of the Retrovirus Production/AIDS

Experimental Serology Laboratory, AIDS Program Office, Center for Infectious

Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, United States Public Health Service in

Atlanta, GA. 1985/6 Discovered/published the first study showing the

effectiveness of the spermicide Nonoxynol-9/Octoxynol-9 on LAV-1/HTLV-III

(HIV-1) and Isolated (1986) the oldest HIV-1 (HZ-321) virus in existence from

blood taken in Zaire in 1976.

4/84

to 5/86 - Part time Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology and Biology at Mercer

University - Atlanta Main Campus and with the Mercer Federal and State Prison

Program

1/84

to 4/84 - Microbiologist in the Campylobacter Typing Laboratory of the

Enteric Bacteriology Section, Enteric Disease Branch, Division of Bacterial

Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control, United

States Public Health Service in Atlanta, GA.

1980

to 1983 - Graduate Research Assistant for the Department of Science Education,

School of Science and Engineering, F.I.T.

8/80

to 8/83 - Instructor at the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

(courses): Survey of Science (Biology for non-majors), Survey of Science III

(Scientific Psychology for non-majors), General Methods for Secondary Teachers

(graduate and undergraduate), Trends and Evaluation of Science Curriculum

(graduate and undergraduate), and Secondary Life Sciences Instructor for Brevard

County Unified School District Night School in Eau Gaule, FL.

1/81

to 5/83 - Part time Instructor Brevard Community College, Melbourne (FL) Campus

(courses): General Psychology I and II, Human Relations, General Biology,

General Biology Laboratory, General Microbiology, General Microbiology

Laboratory, and General Chemistry Laboratory

1/78

to 6/80 - Full time Instructor for the University System of Georgia, Fort Valley

State College, Fort Valley, GA (courses): General Biology I, General Biology I

Laboratory, General Biology II, General Biology II Laboratory, Cancer Biology,

and Zoology Laboratory

1/77to

5/77 - Part time Instructor at Broward Community College North, Coconut Creek,

FL (courses): General Biology, General Biology Laboratory, Botany I, and Botany

I Laboratory. Part time instructor

at Palm Beach Community College South in Boca Raton, FL (courses): Ecology,

Biology for Nurses and Biology

Laboratory

PUBLICATIONS

(Links):

Getchell

JP, Hicks DR, Svinivasan A, Heath JL, York DA, Malonga M, Forthal DN,

Mann JM, McCormick JB. Related

Articles,

Human immunodeficiency virus isolated from a serum

sample collected in 1976 in Central Africa.

J

Infect Dis. 1987 Nov;156(5):833-7. No abstract available.

PMID: 3309075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Getchell

JP, Heath JL, Hicks DR, Sporborg C, Mann JM, McCormick JB. Related

Articles,

Detection of human T cell leukemia virus type I and human

immunodeficiency virus in cultured lymphocytes of a Zairian man with

AIDS.

J

Infect Dis. 1987 Apr;155(4):612-6.

PMID: 3029238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Getchell

JP, Heath JL, Hicks DR, Sporborg C, McGrath CR, Kalyanaraman VS. Related

Articles,

Continuous production of a cytopathic human T-lymphotropic

virus in a permissive neoplastic T-cell line.

J Clin

Microbiol. 1986 Apr;23(4):737-42.

PMID: 2422205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hicks

DR, Martin LS, Getchell JP, Heath JL, Francis DP, McDougal JS, Curran JW,

Voeller B. Related

Articles,

Inactivation of HTLV-III/LAV-infected cultures of normal

human lymphocytes by nonoxynol-9 in vitro.

Lancet. 1985 Dec

21-28;2(8469-70):1422-3. No abstract available.

PMID: 2867413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

McCormick

JB, Getchell JP, Mitchell SW, Hicks DR. Related

Articles,

Ribavirin suppresses replication of lymphadenopathy-associated

virus in cultures of human adult T lymphocytes.

Lancet. 1984 Dec

15;2(8416):1367-9.

PMID: 6150368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

McDougal

JS, Mawle A, Cort SP, Nicholson JK, Cross GD, Scheppler-Campbell JA,

Hicks D, Sligh J. Related

Articles,

Cellular tropism of the human retrovirus HTLV-III/LAV.

I. Role of T cell activation and expression of the T4 antigen.

J

Immunol. 1985 Nov;135(5):3151-62.

PMID: 2995487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publications

(Listed):

Coulson, A., Voeller, B., Berstein, G., Smith, J.,

Hicks, D.R., Nakamura, R., Detels, R., & Perlman, J. Effectiveness of five spermicidal preparations against

sexually transmitted disease agents. Presented

at the Fourth International AIDS Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-16,

1988 and presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health

Association in Boston, MA, November 13-17, 1988.

Fronk, R.H.

& Hicks, D.R. Activities in

chemistry lab for secondary schools. Published

by the Indian River County Florida

School District, Vero Beach, FL. 1981.

Fronk,

R.H. & Hicks, D.R. A study guide to non-major's science II (1981-1983). Published by the Science Education Department of the Florida

Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. 1981.

Getchell,

J.P., Heath, J.L., Hicks, D.R., Sporborg, C., & Curran, J.W.

Identification of two lymphotropic viruses in cultured lymphocytes of a

Zairian male with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1986, 23, 737-42.

Getchell,

J.P., Heath, J.L., Hicks, D.R., Sporborg, C., McGrath, C.R., & Kalayanaraman,

V.S. Continuous production of a

cytopathic human T-lymphotropic virus in a permissive neoplastic T-cell line.

Presented at the First International Conference on AIDS in Atlanta,

Georgia, June, 1985 and in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1986,

23, 737-42.

Getchell,

J.P., Hicks, D.R., Srinivasan, A., Health, J.L., York, D., & McCormick, J.B.

Isolation of a new strain of HTLV-III/LAV from a serum collected in

central Africa in 1976. Presented at the Second International AIDS Conference in

Paris, France, June 23-25, 1987 and in the Journal of Infectious Disease,

1987, 155, 4.

Gibbs,

C.J., Mora, C., Francis, D.P., Cullman, L., Hicks, D.R., & Salk, J.

Immunologic response of chimpanzees to gamma irradiated HIV emulsified in

mineral oil. Presented at the

Fourth International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-16, 1988.

Hicks

D.R. Chemical inactivation of human

immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1 Isolates HTLV-IIIb & HZ

321/HB2) by spermicides/contraceptives and other common chemical compounds.

Dissertation, 1985

Hicks,

D.R., Martin, L., Getchell, J.P., Heath, J., Francis, D.P., McDougal, J.S.,

Curran, J., & Voeller, B. Inactivation

of HTLV-III/LAV infected cultures of normal human lymphocytes by nonoxynol-9 in

vitro. Lancet. 1985, 2,

1422-23.

Hicks,

D.R., & Voeller, B. Partial

inactivation of HIV by pooled HIV antibody negative human saliva.

Unpublished manuscript,1986. (Available from: Mariposa Education and

Research Foundation, Topanga, CA).

Hicks, D.R.,

Voeller, B., Resnick, L., Cullman, L.C., Coulson, A.H., Cassity, C.L., Bernstein, G.S., & Nakamura, R.M.

Chemical inactivation of HIV-1 (HTLV-III and HB2) by contraceptive - spermicidal

agents. Presented at the Fourth

International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-16, 1988.

Ibegbu,

C.C., Kennedy, M.S., Maddon, P.J., Deen, K.C., Hicks, D.R., Sweet, R.W., &

McDougal, J.S. Structural features of CD4 required for binding to human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 1991.

Jordan,

W., Femat, A., Brown, P., & Hicks, D.R.

Community clinical programs for research on AIDS: a technical proposal.

submitted to the National Institutes of Health, May 31, 1989.

Levine,

A.M., Henderson, B.E., Dworsky, R., Ascher, M.S., Sheppard,

H.W., Cullman, L.C., Hicks, D.R., Munson, C., Carlo, D.J.,

Abrahamson, J., & Salk, J. Response

of HIV infected individuals with ARC to innoculation of gamma-irradiated HIV.

Presented at the Fourth International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm,

Sweden, June 15-16, 1988.

McDougal,

J.S., Cort, S.P., Kennedy, M.S., Cabridilla, C.D., Feorino, P.M., Francis, D.P.,

Hicks, D.R., Kalyanaraman, V.S., & Martin, L.S.

Immunoassay for the detection and quanitation of infectious human

retroviruses, lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV).

Journal of Immunological Methods, 1985, 76, 171-83.

McDougal,

J.S., Mawle, A., Cort, S.P., Nicholson, J.K.A., Cross, G.D., Scheppler-Campbell,

J.A., Hicks, D.R., & Sligh, J. Cellular

tropism of the human retrovirus HTLV-III/LAV: I. role of T cell activation and

expression of the T4 antigen. Journal

of Immunology, 1985, 135, 5, 3151-61.

Nakamura,

R.M., Coulson, A.H., Voeller, B., Bernstein, G.S., Browdy, B., Hicks, D.R.,

Detels, R. & Perlman, J. In

vitro condom testing. Presented

at the Fourth International Conference

on AIDS in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-16, 1988.

Richmond,

R.F. & Hicks, D.R. Curriculum

reports - 1981 - a crisis in non-major science education.

ERIC Document ED-209-076.

Salk,

J., Cullman, L.C., Hicks, D.R., & Imagawa, D.T.

Rate of destruction of HIV infectivity by gamma rays. Salk Institute, La

Jolla, CA. 1991.

Voeller,

B., Hicks, D.R., Coulson, A.H., Bernstein, G.S., Nakamura, R.M., Detels, R.,

& Perlman, J. Testing HIV

leakage through condoms. Presented

at the Fourth International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm, Sweden, June,

115-16, 1988 and in Mariposa Education and Research Foundation (Topanga, CA)

Occasional Paper, 1987, 8.

REFERENCES:

Dr. Ron

Harlan, Glendale College

Dr.

Victor Arai, Los Angeles City College

Dr.

Donald P. Francis, VAXGEN

Mr.

Jack Fry, Santa Monica College, CA

Mr.

Bill Lunceford, Mercer Univ./Atlanta

Mr.

Tom Rike, Glendale College; Biology Dept.

Dr.

Jane Getchell, Assist. Dir. St. Health Lab of Delaware

Dr. Dixon, Ft. Valley State College, GA

*Please

do NOT make the same mistake I made in my doctoral program. Make sure

your college and every step in your program is fully accredited. If you

don't you could have problems with recognition of your degree later in your

life.

I attended a university (FIT - Fla. Institute of Technology) that was accredited

but the Science Education program I attended was just gaining

accreditation. While my coursework and orals & written exams for my

program in Post Secondary Science Education and Educational Psychology are all

fully accredited and recognized, my dissertation was not. Thus, the final

degree is in question by the Los Angeles Community College District.

At FIT, I asked for release from the Science Education requirements to do a

strictly Microbiology research project at the Centers for Disease Control in

Atlanta, GA for my dissertation. The results of my research resulted in a

publication in the journal Lancet .** My request was approved but I

failed to determine that my advisor and supervising institution in Atlanta was

accredited. This turned-out to be a serious error on my part.

After the publication of my research, FIT did not recognize my

dissertation. Currently all parties are fully accredited and some

institutions recognize my degree (My Research employers, Charles Drew

University, and others) but the Los Angeles Community College District and City

College does NOT. As a consequence I ask that you refer to me as Professor

Hicks or Mr. Hicks.

Make sure your program and institution is fully accredited! Don't make the

mistake I did, it is embarrassing and costly in many ways!

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