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By identifying genes that influence behavior we hope to obtain fundamental mechanistic insights into the molecular basis of both health and disease. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENES AND BEHAVIOR Learn more

Dr. Daniel Munro receives promotion

Dr. Daniel Munro has been promoted to Assistant Project Scientist!

Congratulations, Daniel!

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Abraham Palmer April 22, 2025 Palmer Lab News

Dr. Palmer gives talk at Rutgers University

Dr. Palmer was invited to give a talk at Rutgers University for the Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC).

His talk, “The Genetic Basis of Substance Use Disorders: What We’ve Learned from Humans and Rats,” was part of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center/Brain Health Institute 2025 Plenary Seminar Series.

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Abraham Palmer April 17, 2025 Talks & Conferences

Dr. Abraham Palmer awarded California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Grant

Dr. Abraham Palmer was selected to receive a Research Award from the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) for his project titled “Genome-wide association and fine-mapping of smoking using tandem repeats and structural variants.”

This is a three year, $1,215,000 grant that starts July 1, 2025 and ends June 30, 2028.

Congratulations!

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Abraham Palmer April 11, 2025 Funding & Grants

Dr. Palmer gives talk for Kansas State University

Dr. Palmer was invited to give a talk for the Kansas State University Department of Anatomy and Physiology Spring Seminar Series on April 8, 2025.

His talk, “Using genetic approaches to understand addiction-related traits,” was presented remotely.

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Abraham Palmer April 9, 2025 Talks & Conferences

Dr. Abraham Palmer will continue as Vice Chair of Basic Science Research in the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry

We are pleased to announce that after a department-wide search, Dr. Abraham Palmer has been selected to continue as Vice Chair of Basic Science Research in the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Palmer commenced the role of Vice Chair of Basic Science Research in 2016.

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Abraham Palmer April 2, 2025 Palmer Lab News

Manuscript published in Nature Genetics

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the review article titled “Psychiatric Genetics in the Diverse Landscape of Latin American Populations,” which was published in Nature Genetics.

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Abraham Palmer April 2, 2025 Publications

Dr. Abraham Palmer receives 2025 Department of Pharmacology Distinguished Alumni Award

The award presentation took place during the  weekly Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series and included Dr. Palmer’s Distinguished Alumni Lecture, “Understanding addiction through the lens of genetics.”

Congratulations, Dr. Palmer!

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Abraham Palmer April 1, 2025 Awards, Talks & Conferences

Denghui Chen receives NIH/NIDA F31 predoctoral fellowship!

Denghui Chen received an F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the NIH & NIDA for his project titled “Unraveling the Role of Tandem Repeats and Structural Variants in Addiction-Related Behaviors Using Heterogeneous Stock Rats.”

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Abraham Palmer April 1, 2025 Funding & Grants

Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the manuscript titled “Genetic Propensity for Delay Discounting and Educational Attainment in Adults are Associated with Delay Discounting in Preadolescents: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study” was accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior.

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Abraham Palmer March 21, 2025 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the manuscript titled “Sex-specific Concordance of Striatal Transcriptional Signatures of Opioid Addiction in Human and Rodent Brains” was accepted in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science.

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Abraham Palmer February 28, 2025 Publications
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Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego
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Palmer Lab
University of California San Diego
Israni Biomedical Research Facility (BRF-2)
3147 Biomedical Sciences Way

La Jolla, CA 92093-0667
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Email: aap@ucsd.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

PhD, Biomedical Sciences
University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

Director, NIDA National Center of Excellence for GWAS in Outbred Rats

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