Abraham A. Palmer

Dr. Abraham Palmer received an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Palmer then did a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral genetics at Oregon Health Sciences University, followed by a second postdoctoral fellowship in Genetic and Genomics at Columbia University, where he was subsequently promoted to the position of Research Scientist. Dr. Palmer returned to the University of Chicago in 2005 as an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics with a joint appointment in Psychiatry; he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in 2015. In 2016 Dr. Palmer returned to UCSD where he is now a Professor of Psychiatry. More information can be found at: www.palmerlab.org.