David Eisner 1976-ban szerzett diplomát a Cambridge-i King’s College-ban, majd 1979-ben PhD fokozatot az Oxfordi Egyetemen. 1999-től a Manchesteri Egyetem Szívélettani részlegének professzora. Tudományos tevékenységét több mint 200 publikáció jellemzi, hivatkozásainak száma 8000 feletti, a Hirsch indexe 55. Számos rangos díj tulajdonosa, köztük a Pfizer Prize for Biology, a Wellcome Prize in Physiology és a The Peter Harris Distinguished Scientist Award of The International Society for Heart Research.
Az Academy of Medical Sciences tagja és a Royal College of Physicians tiszteletbeli tagja. 1992 és 2000 között a The Journal of Physiology szerkesztői bizottságának elnöke, 2007 és 2016 között pedig a The Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology folyóirat főszerkesztője. Volt a The Physiological Society nemzetközi titkára, a British Society for Cardiovascular Research, a Federation of European Physiological Society, az Európai Kardiológiai Társaság Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology munkacsoportjának és a The International Society for Heart Research európai szekciójának elnöke.
Eisner doktor a Debreceni Egyetemmel több, mint 10 éve ápol tudományos kapcsolatot. Intézetében több kollégánk, több éven keresztül dolgozott és számos tudományos közleményt készítettek közösen.
David Eisner obtained his master’s degree at King’s College, University of Cambridge in 1976, and then his PhD in 1979 at University of Oxford under the supervision of Denis Noble. Since 1999 he is the professor of Cardiac physiology at the University of Manchester. During his career he has authored more than 200 scientific publications, his citation is over 8000 with a Hirsh index of 55. He is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, including the Pfizer Prize for Biology, the Wellcome Prize in Physiology, and The Peter Harris Distinguished Scientist Award of The International Society for Heart Research.
He is a member of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the honorary member of the Royal College of Physicians. Between 1992 and 2000 he was the president of the Editorial board of The Journal of Physiology, while between 2007 and 2016 he was the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. He served or serves, among others, as the president of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, of the Federation of European Physiological Society, of the Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology workgroup of the European Cardiological Society, of the European Section of The International Society for Heart Research, and of The Physiological Society.
Dr. Eisner has a collaboration with the University of Debrecen that dates back more than 10 years. Colleagues from our University have worked in his Department and have co-authored scientific papers with him.