Background
Meyer, Urs A. was born on July 7, 1938 in Baden, Switzerland.
Meyer, Urs A. was born on July 7, 1938 in Baden, Switzerland.
Bachelor, University Geneva, Switzerland, 1961. Diploma, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1964. Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1967.
Research assistant department medicine metabolic unit University Zurich, 1965—1967. Intern University California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1967—1968. Resident in internal medicine University California Hospitals, 1968—1969.
Special postdoctoral research fellow in clinical pharmacology department medicine University California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1969—1970. Special postdoctoral research fellow in hepatology departments internal medicine and biochemistry University Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1970—1971. Instructor medicine and pharmacology department medicine, division clinical pharmacology University California, Medical Center, San Francisco, 1971—1972.
Chief departments medicine and pharmacology, division clinical pharmacology University Zurich Medical School, University Hospital, 1974—1983. Associate professor clinical pharmacology University Zurich Medical School, 1976—1983. Professor pharmacology, chairman department pharmacology University Basel Medical School, since 1983.
Acting chairman Biozentrum of University Basel, 1993—1995. Visiting professor department molecular pharmacology Stanford (California) University School Medicine, 1992—1993. Member advisory board Robert Bosch Stiftung Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany, 1988—1992.
Member board trustees Sandoz Foundation for Gerontological Research, 1989—1996. Science advisor Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany, 1990—1996, Hoffman-La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey, 1992—1993, Affymetrix, Santa Clara, California, 1993—1994. Member Swiss board consultant Basel Institute for Immunology, 1997—2000.
Science advisor Epidauros, Munich, since 1998, HemeBiotech Aktieselskab Hillerod, Denmark, since 1999, Therastrat, Allschwil, Switzerland, since 2000, HBM Partners, Zug, Switzerland, since 2001, Clondiag Chip Technology, Jena, Germany, since 2001.
Member of Swiss Society Pharmacology and Toxicology (president section clinical pharmacology 1986-1987), Swiss National Science Foundation (member National Research Council 1981-1991, president clinical section division biology and medicine 1989-1991), American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Experimental Therapeutics, Union Schweizerischer Gesellschaft fuer Experimentelle Biologie, International Union Pharmacology (member drug metabolism section), International Society for Study of Xenobiotics, American Association for Study of Liver Disease, Gesellschaft fuer Fortschritte in der Inneren Medizin.