Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and Co-Director, Evolutionary Medicine Program, UCLA; Visiting Professor, Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Sudden cardiac death in kangaroos. Breast cancer in jaguars. Compulsive disorder in polar bears. All animals, including humans, are subject to a wide range of physical and psychological illnesses. Using pathological specimens from Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz will discuss disorders in both living and extinct species. She will also examine the importance of comparative and evolutionary perspectives in deepening scientific understanding of disease and increasing our compassion toward affected patients—both human and non-human animals.
Lecture. Free and open to the public.
Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Livestreaming
This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page.
A recording of this program will be available on our YouTube channel approximately three weeks after the lecture.
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20180305T230000Z DTEND:20180305T230000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR