Abraham Palmer

American behavior geneticist

University of Chicago
University of California, San Diego

AwardsInternational Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society Distinguished Investigator Award (2020)Scientific careerFields

Behavior genetics
Psychiatry

InstitutionsUniversity of California, San DiegoThesisA functional neuroanatomical study of the autonomic response to the airpuff startle stimulus (1999)Doctoral advisorMorton P. Printz

Abraham A. Palmer is an American behavior geneticist and Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. In 2020, he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[1] He is also a fellow of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and received the IBANGS Distinguished Investigator Award in 2020.^[2]