David Eisner#
Full CV
Born: 3 January, 1955, Manchester, England
Career details
- 1973 1976 King's College Cambridge
- 1976 B.A. (class II.1)
- 1976 1979 Balliol College Oxford
- 1979 D.Phil. (Supervisor Prof D. Noble)
- 1979 1980 Postdoctoral Research Assistant Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge(with Prof I.M. Glynn).
- 1981 1986 University Lecturer, University College London.
- 1982 1988 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland
- 1986 1990 Wellcome Senior Lecturer, University College London
- 1988 Research Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland
- 1989 1990 Reader in Physiology, University of London
- 1990-1999 Professor of Veterinary Biology, University of Liverpool
- 1992-1999 Head of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences Department
- 1999 - Professor of Cardiac Physiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Manchester
- 2000- British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiac Physiology, The University of Manchester
Honours
- 1975 Powell Prize and Senior Scholarship: King's College Cambridge
- 1985 Awarded Pfizer Prize for research in biology
- 1986 Wellcome Senior Lectureship
- 1988 Awarded Wellcome Prize (Physiological Society)
- 1992 Q.R. Murphy Lecturer, University of Wisconsin
- 1999 Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2000 Founder Fellow International Society for Heart Research
- 2001 Fellow American Heart Association
- 2007 Member Academia Europa
- 2008 Reimer Lecturer International Society for Heart Research
- 2008 Hon Dorothy Wedgwood Lecture for Young People
Editorial Boards (items in italics are current)
- Journal of Physiology (1992-7)
- Distributing Editor Journal of Physiology (1993-5)
- Secretary to the Editorial Board Journal of Physiology (1995-7)
- Cardiovascular Research (1996-1999)
- Chairman Editorial Board of Journal of Physiology (1997-2000)
- Journal of Molecular & Cellular Cardiology (1999-)
- Associate Editor Journal of Molecular & Cellular Cardiology (2002-)
- Circulation Research (1999-)
- Senior Consulting Editor Circulations Research (2009-)
- Cell Calcium (2000-)
- Biophysical Journal (2005-)
- Editor in Chief Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (2007-)
- Basic Research in Cardiology (2009-)
Professional Appointments (since 1990)
- Physiological Society Committee (1989-1993 & 1995-1998)
- Programme Committee 1993 International Union of Physiological Sciences meeting
- Scientific Advisory Committee, Animal Health Trust (1993 -6)
- Wellcome Trust: Member Veterinary Interest Group (1990-5)
- Wellcome Trust: Member of Physiology and Pharmacology panel (1990-5)
- British Heart Foundation: Member of Project Grants Committee (1995-8)
- Medical Research Council Grants Committee (1995-1998)
- Member of Jury for Medinfar Prize (European Physiology prize 1996-)
- Member Research Assessment Exercise Panel RAE 2001 Veterinary Science 1999-2001
- Member Cardiovascular Sub Panel for RAE 2001
- Council Member International Society for Heart Research (European Section) (2001-2007)
- Committee Member British Society for Cardiovascular Research (2002-)
- International Secretary, The Physiological Society (2003-7)
- Member of International Council of ISHR (2004-)
- Chair British Society for Cardiovascular Research (2006-8)
- Member Cardiovascular Sub Panel for RAE 2008
- Member of Council British Cardiovascular Society (2006-8)
- British Heart Foundation Fellowships Committee (2006-)
- Chair International Scientific Programme Committee for IUPS 2013
- Vice-Chair European Working Group of Cellular Cardiac Electrophysiology (2006-2008)
- co-Chair Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms (2008)
- Member of Evaluation Group Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology
