Ralph Anthony Meyer Jr. was born in the United States on July 3, 1943. His parents were Myrtle Meyer and Ralph Meyer. He later became known professionally as Ralph A. Meyer Jr., particularly in scientific publications and orthopaedic research.
Meyer studied at the University of Maryland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1969. His subsequent postdoctoral work at Rice University preceded his transition into academic appointments and research leadership in biology and orthopaedic science.
Meyer began his postdoctoral career at Rice University from 1969 to 1971. He then joined New York University, serving as an assistant professor from 1973 to 1977 and later as an associate professor and professor. His academic work was accompanied by research in biology and skeletal physiology. From 1990, he was associated with the University of North Carolina as an adjunct professor of biology and with Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he directed orthopaedic research and the Biology Division of the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory. His Carolinas Medical Center work continued through 2005 and included experimental studies of fracture repair, skeletal growth, bone gene expression, and the biological effects of aging on healing. He was subsequently identified with emeritus and director-level responsibilities in the orthopaedic research program.
(Co-authored methodological comparison of reverse-transcri...)
2004(Co-authored study of gene-expression changes during juven...)
2007(Co-authored study of matrix, cytokine, and cytokine-recep...)
2003(Co-authored research on the effects of age and ovariectom...)
2001(Co-authored research investigating gene-expression change...)
2007(Co-authored physiological research on phosphate transport...)
2002(Co-authored research examining altered renal genomic resp...)
2004(Co-authored randomized prospective clinical study evaluat...)
1998(Co-authored analysis of genes showing stronger or prolong...)
2007(Co-authored comparative study of gene-expression changes ...)
2003(Co-authored microarray study of neural-function genes ass...)
2004(Co-authored experimental research examining gene expressi...)
2001(Co-authored research comparing skeletal gene-expression r...)
2006(Co-authored study of mitochondrial gene expression during...)
2006Meyer was a member of the American Physiological Society, the Orthopaedic Research Society, and the Society for Bone and Mineral Research. These professional affiliations corresponded to his research interests in physiology, skeletal biology, bone metabolism, and orthopaedic science.
Meyer worked closely with Martha H. Meyer on a sustained body of research concerning fracture healing, skeletal growth, mitochondrial gene expression, and age-related changes in bone repair. Their collaboration produced multiple scientific publications based on experimental studies in rats and other animal models.
