Fowler is associate professor in the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems at CALIT2 and the political science department at the University of California, San Diego.

From Dr. Fowler: “I present intriguing evidence to show that our social networks drive and shape virtually every aspect of our lives. How we feel, whom we marry, whether we fall ill, how much money we make, and whether we vote all depend on what others around us — even those distantly connected to us — are doing, thinking and feeling. I show that these connections have an ancient evolutionary past, and describe how this will affect our new life as technology moves our networks online.”

Lunch will be served.