Abraham Palmer

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Abraham A. Palmer
Born
Abraham Amos Palmer
NationalityAmerican
Education
Awards International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society Distinguished Investigator Award (2020)
Scientific career
Fields
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

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]

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References

  1. "2020 Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. "Abraham Palmer". UCSD. Retrieved 2020-12-07.