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75th APS President (2002-2003)
Barbara A. Horwitz
(b. 1940)
 Barbara
A. Horwitz is a professor of physiology in the section of Neurobiology,
Physiology and Behavior, and Vice-Provost of Academic Personnel at the
University of California, Davis. Dr. Horwitz received her doctorate in
physiology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1966 and did her
postdoctoral training at both the University of California Los Angeles and
Davis locations. She became an assistant professor at UC Davis in 1972, an
associate professor in 1975, and was appointed a full professor of
physiology in 1978. Dr. Horwitz also served as the chair of the Department
of Animal Physiology at UC Davis from 1991-93 and chair of the Section of
Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior at UC Davis from 1993-98.
Dr. Horwitz’s research centers on the genetic, neural, and hormonal
regulation of energy balance. Her current studies are focused on the
underlying mechanisms associated with altered regulation of energy balance
in genetic and diet-induced animal models of obesity; the cellular and
molecular mechanisms underlying sympathetic stimulation of energy
expenditure in brown adipocytes; the role of novel uncoupling proteins in
energy balance and oxidative stress; and the physiological basis of altered
metabolism and thermoregulation during aging. In addition to her research,
Dr. Horwitz directs an NIH-funded Initiative for Minority Student
Development which is designed to increase the number of underrepresented
minorities in biomedical research careers.
Dr. Horwitz has authored/co-authored over 180 research papers, many of
which have been published in the American Journal of Physiology and
the Journal of Applied Physiology. She has served on the editorial
board of the Journal of Applied Physiology (1975-78); as a section
editor for the Handbook of Physiology – Adaptation to the Environment
(1991-92); and as an associate editor for News in Physiological Sciences
(NIPS) (1994-96). She has been a grant proposal reviewer for the
National Science Foundation [panel member for Regulatory Biology
(1981-83); for the instrumentation program (1993); and for predoctoral
fellowships (1994-96)]. She was a member of the NIH Respiratory and Applied
Physiology Study Section (1995-99), and an hoc reviewer of grants for the
Veterans Administration, the California Sea Grant College Program, Texas
Tech University, the USDA, and the American Heart Association, as well as
for numerous scientific journals including the American Journal of
Physiology, Journal of Applied Physiology, Science,
Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, European Journal of Pharmacology; Hormone and Metabolic Research,
Journal of Nutrition, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Thermal
Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Endocrinology, Obesity Research,
Physiology and Behavior, and Proceedings of Experimental Biology and
Medicine. Dr. Horwitz has served on the Executive Committee (1989-92)
and as chair of the Finance Committee (1993-96) of the North American
Association for the Study of Obesity. She has also served on the council for
the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1990-94) and is currently
president of that Society.
Dr. Horwitz became a member of the APS in 1969. In addition to her
editorial service for NIPS and the Journal of Applied Physiology,
Dr. Horwitz has been active on a variety of APS committees, including the
Public Affairs Committee (1977-79), the Women in Physiology Committee
(1986-89), the Steering Committee for the Exercise and Environmental
Physiology Section (1987-90), the Education Committee (1983-85, 1990-93),
the APS Council (1993-96), the Committee on Committees (1994-96), and the
Long Range Planning Committee (1997-2000). She has participated in the
Frontiers of Physiology and Explorations in Biomedicine programs, hosting
K-12 and community college science teachers (1995, 1998, 1999), and she is
currently serving in the mentoring program (1993-present).
Dr. Horwitz has been the recipient of several awards. These include the
APS Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Teacher of the Year; the University of
California Presidential Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate
Research; the UC Davis Prize for Teaching & Scholarly Achievement; the
Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Davis; and an NIH MERIT Award. She is a
Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, vice
president/member of the National Executive Council of the Phi Sigma
Biological Sciences Honor Society, and a member of the North American
Association for Study of Obesity, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
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