B. N. Horowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology; Co-Director, Evolutionary Medicine Program at UCLA; Co-Director, M.S. Biology in Evolutionary Medicine; Faculty, Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University & Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Website: http://www.bnatterson-horowitz.com
Email: bnatterson@mednet.ucla.edu
Interests: cardiac imaging, comparative medicine, evolution, autonomic nervous system, fear, sudden death, obesity, anxiety disorders, veterinary medicine, life history, evolution, microbiome
Biography:
B. N. Horowitz, M.D, Ph.D., Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., Ph.D., is a cardiologist and evolutionary biologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, UCLA School of Medicine, and UCLA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She serves as chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Board on Animal Health Sciences, Conservation, and Research (BAHSCR) and is a past president of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. She leads a medical phylogenomics lab developing computational methods for uncovering insights for human health in the natural world. In addition to her scholarly publications, Dr Natterson-Horowitz is the co-author of New York Times bestseller Zoobiquity, a Finalist in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Excellence in Science Books, and Wildhood, the 2021 Book of the Year by the Association of Science Education and a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick.