Arpana Agrawal

Arpana Agrawal is a psychiatric geneticist and professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, known for researching the roles of genetic and environmental factors in cannabis use and addiction.[1] She also serves as Co-Chair of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium working group on Substance Use Disorders.[2] In 2018, she received the Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.[3] She also received the Fuller/Scott Award from the Behavioral Genetics Association in 2010[4] and the Henri Begleiter Excellence in Research Award from the Research Society on Alcohol in 2022.[5]

Arpana Agrawal
Alma materVirginia Commonwealth University
AwardsTheodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsWashington University School of Medicine
ThesisIllicit drug use, abuse and dependence: A genetic study using twin data (2004)
Doctoral advisorKenneth Kendler

References

  1. "Arpana Agrawal, PhD". Department of Psychiatry. Washington University School of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  2. "Substance Use Disorders Working Group – PGC". Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  3. "ISPG Honorific Awards". International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  4. "Historical Tables: Awards and Program Chairs and Hosts | Behavior Genetics Association". bga.org. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. "Annual Awards". researchsocietyonalcohol.org. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
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