David Eisner’s scientific career has focused on calcium signalling in the heart and the link to both normal and abnormal electrical activity and contraction. Following undergraduate studies in Cambridge, and a
PhD under the supervision of Denis Noble at the University of Oxford, he held faculty positions at University College London and the University of Liverpool before moving to the University of Manchester in 1999.
He joined The Physiological Society in 1980 and has served it in various roles including Chair of The Editorial Board of The Journal of Physiology, and from 2016-2018, as President. He has also had a keen interest in the international role of The Society. He held the post of International Secretary, was chair of the Scientific Programme Committee for the International Union of Physiological Sciences meeting, held in Birmingham in 2013, and chaired the Organising Committee for Europhysiology 2018.