Arpana Agrawal
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AlmamaterVirginia Commonwealth University
AwardsTheodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (2018)
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsWashington University School of Medicine
Arpana Agrawal | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Awards | Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatric genetics |
| Institutions | Washington University School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Illicit drug use, abuse and dependence: A genetic study using twin data (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Kendler |
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]
