Dr. Myers received his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology (summa cum laude) at Princeton University in 1988 and his M.D. and Ph.D. (Cell Biology) degrees from Harvard Medical School in 1997. He joined the faculty at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School in 1997, where he began to focus his independent research laboratory on mechanisms of leptin receptor signaling and links to the regulation of mammalian physiology. In 2004, Dr. Myers moved to the University of Michigan as a Michigan Biomedical Sciences Scholar and joined the faculty of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Dr. Myers is the Director of the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute and the Michigan Diabetes Research Center.

Dr. Myers has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. He received the Michigan Biomedical Sciences Scholar Award in 2004, was elected to the ASCI in 2005, received the Jerome Conn Award for Excellence in Research in 2006, and the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award in 2010.

Dr. Myers’ research focuses on how the central nervous system controls processes that enable the body to control blood glucose and body weight, and how problems in these pathways contribute to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. His laboratory focuses on the crucial roles played by nerve centers in the unconscious part of the brain — including regions that control food intake and metabolism to regulate body weight, and “glycemic control centers” that regulate the body’s ability to control blood sugar.