Richard Meisinger recently accepted a position with the University of Washington as assistant dean for planning and new initiatives in the School of Medicine. Meisinger had been at UC Davis since 1986, with stints in the School of Medicine and on campus. Most recently, he was director of a new unit he developed, Institutional Research Support, in the UC Davis Office of Research.

The Institutional Research Support unit was formed to support preparation of large and complex interdisciplinary research proposals, and also to oversee shared research facilities.

Before that, he was director from 2000 to 2004 of Academic Resource Planning for the UC Davis School of Medicine. Meisinger led planning for relocating the first two years of medical school instruction from Davis to Sacramento, along with developing a new building there. Among other projects, he also created a 10-year plan to develop research space.

At Washington, he will work with Dr. John Slattery, vice dean for research and graduate education.