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<strong>AFHU</strong> Western Region Welcomes<br />
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz as New<br />
Regional President<br />
American Friends in Southern California were<br />
delighted to welcome Barbara Natterson-<br />
Horowitz, M.D., as the new <strong>AFHU</strong> Western<br />
Region President during the Evening of Tribute<br />
Recognition Reception, held on May 25, <strong>2022</strong> at<br />
the Brentwood Country Club.<br />
<strong>AFHU</strong> Western Region Chairman Richard Ziman<br />
presented Dr. Natterson-Horowitz with the<br />
president’s gavel and welcomed her as the new<br />
regional president, initiating her term of office.<br />
She acknowledged outgoing <strong>AFHU</strong> Western<br />
Region President Mark Genender, thanking him<br />
for his five years of service in the role, adding,<br />
“I am hopeful that I can make a difference as<br />
regional president to continue our wonderful<br />
achievements and make the <strong>AFHU</strong> Western<br />
Region even stronger than it already is.”<br />
Dr. Natterson-Horowitz has been a member<br />
of <strong>AFHU</strong>’s Western Region Board of Directors<br />
since 2015. She is a cardiologist and evolutionary<br />
biologist whose research explores the natural<br />
world and evolution for insights into human health<br />
and development. The New York Times bestselling<br />
author of Zoobiquity and Wildhood, Dr.<br />
Natterson-Horowitz is on the faculties of Harvard<br />
Medical School, David Geffen School of Medicine<br />
(UCLA), and Harvard Department of Human<br />
Evolutionary Biology. She served as elected<br />
director for Harvard University; president of the<br />
International Society of Evolution, Medicine, and<br />
Public Health; and trustee for Southern California<br />
Public Radio.
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