Abraham Palmer

For the American physician, Methodist minister and politician, see Abraham J. Palmer.

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]

Abraham A. Palmer
Born	Abraham Amos Palmer
Nationality	American
Education	University of Chicago University of California, San Diego
Awards	International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society Distinguished Investigator Award (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Behavior genetics Psychiatry
Institutions	University of California, San Diego
Thesis	A functional neuroanatomical study of the autonomic response to the airpuff startle stimulus (1999)
Doctoral advisor	Morton P. Printz