Barbara Horwitz, Vice Provost of Academic Personnel

Barbara Horwitz completed her Ph.D. in physiology at Emory University in 1966 after graduating with a B.S. in biology with highest honors (1961) and an M.S. in biology (1962) from the University of Florida. She then traveled west to UCLA where she began a postdoctoral fellowship in physiology. In 1968 she was appointed Assistant Research Physiologist at UC Davis; in 1972 she joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor; and in 1978 she was promoted to Professor. She became Chair of the Department of Animal Physiology in the Division of Biological Sciences in 1991, and after this department morphed into the Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, she served as its first Chair (1993-1998).

Dr. Horwitz's research interests focus on metabolism, with current projects centered on genetic, neural, and hormonal factors that modulate physiological regulation of energy balance. She is the author of ~ 170 research papers, has had continual funding from NSF/NIH since 1968, and received an NIH MERIT award in 1992.

Dr. Horwitz has taught courses ranging from the freshman to the graduate level. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards including the UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award (1982); the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement (1991); the UC Presidential Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research (1995), and the American Physiological Society's Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Teacher of the Year (1996).

She is a Fellow of the AAAS and has served as President of the Society for Experimental Biology & Medicine, as President of the American Physiological Society, and as President of the UC Davis Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently one of the Board of Directors of FASEB. She has previously served on executive councils for several other professional and honor societies; and as a member of the review panels for the American Heart Association, NSF, and NIH.

Curriculum Vitae