Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Meyer M

Biography

 David I. Meyer is a native of Los Angeles, having earned both his B.A. and Ph.D. from UCLA. His research interest has always focused on the structure, function and biogenesis of cellular membranes. He carried out postdoctoral research at in the Department of Biochemistry of the Biocenter at the University of Basel in Switzerland, followed by establishing his independence as a research group leader in Cell Biology at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1987, Dr. Meyer joined the department of Biological Chemistry at the UCLA School of Medicine, from which he retired in 2005. During his tenure at UCLA, he served as Faculty Research Coordinator, Associate Dean for Basic Science Programs and Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Medicine. In 1993 he established UCLA ACCESS to Programs in the Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences, and served as its director through 2004. Since leaving UCLA, Dr. Meyer assumed the position of Vice President for Research and Scientific Affairs at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, followed by service as the Executive Vice President for Research at the House Ear Institute, in Los Angeles. Currently, he is the President and CEO of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, one of the country's largest independent research institutes.

Research Interest

 hematology