| Arpana Agrawal | |
| Fields: | Psychiatric genetics |
| Workplaces: | Washington University School of Medicine |
| Alma Mater: | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Thesis Title: | Illicit drug use, abuse and dependence: A genetic study using twin data |
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| Thesis Year: | 2004 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Kenneth Kendler |
| Awards: | Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (2018) |
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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]