Karuna Subramaniam, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address675 18th Street, #1454
San Francisco CA 94107
Phone415-221-4810 ext. 5488
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    University of California San Francisco, San FranciscoPostdoctoral Fellow06/2014Psychiatry
    Northwestern University, ChicagoPh.D12/2008Neuroscience
    Knox College, GalesburgBA06/2002Biological Psychology
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    NIMH2024  - 2025NIMH R01 Supplement
    NIMH2020  - 2025NIMH R01 Causal Role of Medial Prefrontal Neural Activity in Self-Agency in Schizophrenia
    Brain & Behavior Research Foundation2020  - 2022BBRF: Causal role of medial prefrontal cortex on improving mood and cognition in schizophrenia
    Schizophrenia International Research Society2018  - 2018Schizophrenia International Research Society Travel Award
    Cognitive Neuroscience Society2017  - 2017Cognitive Neuroscience Society Presentation Award
    NIMH2014  - 2019K01 Award
    NIMH2014  - 2014T32 Fellowship Award
    Brain & Behavior Research Foundation2012  - 2012Partner Program Award
    NARSAD2010  - 2012NARSAD Young Investigator: Neural Basis of How a Positive Mood Modulates Cognition in Schizophrenia
    NOrthwestern University2008  - 2008Cognitive Science Advanced Fellowship
    Northwestern University2008  - 2008Cognitive Science Advanced Fellowship
    Pew Charitable Trust2003  - 2003Pew Sponsored Research Award
    KNox College2002  - 2002Magna Cum Laude, Knox College

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    Causal Role of Medial Prefrontal Neural Activity in Self-Agency in Schizophrenia
    NIH R01MH122897May 1, 2020 - Apr 30, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neural Impact of Positive Mood on Motivation and Reward Networks in Schizophrenia
    NIH K01MH105615Sep 25, 2014 - Jan 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Causal role of medial superior frontal cortex on enhancing neural information flow and self-agency judgments in the self-agency network. Neuroimage. 2025 Jun; 313:121245. Jia Y, Kudo K, Jariwala N, Tarapore P, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 40306346.
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    2. Impaired speaking-induced suppression predicts degraded agency and hallucination severity in schizophrenia. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 18. Tan S, Jia Y, Mathew M, Jariwala N, Pongos A, Brent K, Ford J, Mathalon D, Houde J, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 39417139; PMCID: PMC11482870.
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    3. A randomised controlled trial investigating the causal role of the medial prefrontal cortex in mediating self-agency during speech monitoring and reality monitoring. Sci Rep. 2024 03 01; 14(1):5108. Tan S, Jia Y, Jariwala N, Zhang Z, Brent K, Houde J, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 38429404; PMCID: PMC10907680.
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    4. Causal role of medial superior frontal cortex on enhancing neural information flow and self-agency judgments in the self-agency network. medRxiv. 2024 Feb 14. Jia Y, Kudo K, Jariwala N, Tarapore P, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 38405834; PMCID: PMC10888992.
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    5. A randomised controlled trial investigating the causal role of the medial prefrontal cortex in mediating self-agency during speech monitoring and reality monitoring. Res Sq. 2023 Sep 11. Tan S, Jia Y, Jariwala N, Zhang Z, Brent K, Houde J, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 37790323; PMCID: PMC10543504.
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    6. Reduced neural connectivity in the caudate anterior head predicts hallucination severity in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2023 11; 261:1-5. Hinkley LBN, Haas SS, Cheung SW, Nagarajan SS, Subramaniam K. PMID: 37678144; PMCID: PMC10878029.
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    7. Abnormal resting-state functional connectivity underlies cognitive and clinical symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Front Hum Neurosci. 2023; 17:1077923. Jia Y, Jariwala N, Hinkley LBN, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 36875232; PMCID: PMC9976937.
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    8. Abnormal Information Flow in Schizophrenia Is Linked to Psychosis. Schizophr Bull. 2022 11 18; 48(6):1384-1393. Jia Y, Kudo K, Hinkley LBN, Fisher M, Vinogradov S, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 36073155; PMCID: PMC9673273.
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    9. The Role of the Medial Prefontal Cortex in Self-Agency in Schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Brain Sci. 2021; 6. Subramaniam K. PMID: 34761121; PMCID: PMC8577427.
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    10. Author Correction: Multivariate pattern analysis of brain structure predicts functional outcome after auditory-based cognitive training interventions. NPJ Schizophr. 2021 Sep 27; 7(1):47. Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Vinogradov S, Wenzel J, Fisher M, Haas SS, Betz L, Penzel N, Nagarajan S, Koutsouleris N, Subramaniam K. PMID: 34580304; PMCID: PMC8476539.
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    11. Multivariate pattern analysis of brain structure predicts functional outcome after auditory-based cognitive training interventions. NPJ Schizophr. 2021 Aug 19; 7(1):40. Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Vinogradov S, Wenzel J, Fisher M, Haas SS, Betz L, Penzel N, Nagarajan S, Koutsouleris N, Subramaniam K. PMID: 34413310; PMCID: PMC8376975.
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    12. A Neural Biomarker for Hallucinations: Medial Prefrontal Aberrations in Neural Connectivity Predict Self-Agency Deficits and Hallucination Severity in Schizophrenia. J Brain Res. 2021; 4(3). Haas SS, Hinkley LBN, Fisher M, Vinogradov S, Nagarajan S, Subramaniam K. PMID: 38533396; PMCID: PMC10964909.
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    13. The Visual Word Form Area compensates for auditory working memory dysfunction in schizophrenia. Sci Rep. 2020 06 01; 10(1):8881. Herman AB, Brown EG, Dale CL, Hinkley LB, Subramaniam K, Houde JF, Fisher M, Vinogradov S, Nagarajan SS. PMID: 32483253; PMCID: PMC7264140.
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    14. Establishing a Causal Role for Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Reality Monitoring. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020; 14:106. Subramaniam K, Kothare H, Hinkley LB, Tarapore P, Nagarajan SS. PMID: 32269518; PMCID: PMC7109326.
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    15. Intervention-specific patterns of cortical function plasticity during auditory encoding in people with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2020 01; 215:241-249. Dale CL, Brown EG, Herman AB, Hinkley LBN, Subramaniam K, Fisher M, Vinogradov S, Nagarajan SS. PMID: 31648842; PMCID: PMC7035971.
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    16. Multi-outcome meta-analysis (MOMA) of cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: Revisiting the relevance of human coaching and elucidating interplay between multiple outcomes. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 12; 107:828-845. Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Betz LT, Dominke C, Haas SS, Subramaniam K, Fisher M, Vinogradov S, Koutsouleris N, Kambeitz J. PMID: 31557548; PMCID: PMC8942567.
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    17. Beta-band activity in medial prefrontal cortex predicts source memory encoding and retrieval accuracy. Sci Rep. 2019 05 02; 9(1):6814. Subramaniam K, Hinkley LBN, Mizuiri D, Kothare H, Cai C, Garrett C, Findlay A, Houde JF, Nagarajan SS. PMID: 31048735; PMCID: PMC6497659.
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    18. 145. Social Cognitive Training Enhances Neural Activation Patterns Associated With Reward Processing in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 2019 May 1; 85(10):s60-s61. Subramaniam SK, Biagianti BB, Hooker HC, Fisher FM, Nagarjan NS, Vinogradov VS. .
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    19. 5.4 INDIVIDUALIZED PREDICTION OF FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS IN RESPONSE TO NEURO-COGNITIVE INTERVENTION: A MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2019 Apr 9; 45(Supplement_2):s94-s95. Kambeitz-Ilankovic KL, Koutsouleris KN, Wenzel WJ, Haas HS, Fisher FM, Vinogradov VS, Subramaniam SK. .
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    20. 5.3 SOCIAL COGNITIVE TRAINING IMPROVES MOTIVATION TO EARN REWARDING OUTCOMES IN PSYCHOSIS. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2019 Apr 9; 45(Supplement_2):s94-s94. Subramaniam SK, Biagianti BB, Hooker HC, Fisher FM, Nagarajan NS, Vinogradov VS. .
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    21. Functional and Structural Brain Plasticity in Adult Onset Single-Sided Deafness. Front Hum Neurosci. 2018; 12:474. Shang Y, Hinkley LB, Cai C, Subramaniam K, Chang YS, Owen JP, Garrett C, Mizuiri D, Mukherjee P, Nagarajan SS, Cheung SW. PMID: 30538626; PMCID: PMC6277679.
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    22. F149. NEUROBIOLOGY OF SELF-AGENCY DURING REALITY MONITORING AND SPEECH FEEDBACK MONITORING: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT DEVELOPMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2018 Apr 1; 44(Suppl 1):s278-s278. Subramaniam SK, Hinkley HL, Kothare KH, Mizuiri MD, Vinogradov VS, Houde HJ, Nagarajan NS. .
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    23. Reality Monitoring and Feedback Control of Speech Production Are Related Through Self-Agency. Front Hum Neurosci. 2018; 12:82. Subramaniam K, Kothare H, Mizuiri D, Nagarajan SS, Houde JF. PMID: 29559903; PMCID: PMC5845688.
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    24. White matter microstructure predicts cognitive training-induced improvements in attention and executive functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2018 03; 193:276-283. Subramaniam K, Gill J, Fisher M, Mukherjee P, Nagarajan S, Vinogradov S. PMID: 28689758; PMCID: PMC5999406.
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    25. Neural mechanisms of mood-induced modulation of reality monitoring in schizophrenia. Cortex. 2017 06; 91:271-286. Subramaniam K, Ranasinghe KG, Mathalon D, Nagarajan S, Vinogradov S. PMID: 28162778; PMCID: PMC5749425.
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    26. Neural Mechanisms of Positive Mood Induced Modulation of Reality Monitoring. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10:581. Subramaniam K, Gill J, Slattery P, Shastri A, Mathalon DH, Nagarajan S, Vinogradov S. PMID: 27895571; PMCID: PMC5108806.
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    27. Neural signal during immediate reward anticipation in schizophrenia: Relationship to real-world motivation and function. Neuroimage Clin. 2015; 9:153-63. Subramaniam K, Hooker CI, Biagianti B, Fisher M, Nagarajan S, Vinogradov S. PMID: 26413478; PMCID: PMC4556736.
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    28. Auditory Cortical Plasticity Drives Training-Induced Cognitive Changes in Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2016 Jan; 42(1):220-8. Dale CL, Brown EG, Fisher M, Herman AB, Dowling AF, Hinkley LB, Subramaniam K, Nagarajan SS, Vinogradov S. PMID: 26152668; PMCID: PMC4681549.
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    29. Intensive cognitive training in schizophrenia enhances working memory and associated prefrontal cortical efficiency in a manner that drives long-term functional gains. Neuroimage. 2014 Oct 01; 99:281-92. Subramaniam K, Luks TL, Garrett C, Chung C, Fisher M, Nagarajan S, Vinogradov S. PMID: 24867353; PMCID: PMC4498800.
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    30. COMBINING COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL COGNITIVE TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Research. 2014 Apr 1; 153:s27. Vinogradov VS, Subramaniam SK, Biagianti BB, Hooker HC, Fisher FM. .
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    31. BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL SYSTEM EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZED SOCIAL COGNITIVE TRAINING EXERCISES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Research. 2014 Apr 1; 153:s4. Vinogradov VS, Nahum NM, Subramaniam SK, Fisher FM, Hooker HC. .
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    32. Improving the neural mechanisms of cognition through the pursuit of happiness. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013; 7:452. Subramaniam K, Vinogradov S. PMID: 23966924; PMCID: PMC3735982.
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    33. Positively valenced stimuli facilitate creative novel metaphoric processes by enhancing medial prefrontal cortical activation. Front Psychol. 2013; 4:211. Subramaniam K, Beeman M, Faust M, Mashal N. PMID: 23637686; PMCID: PMC3636463.
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    34. Cognitive training for psychiatric disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Jan; 38(1):242-3. Subramaniam K, Vinogradov S. PMID: 23147484; PMCID: PMC3521981.
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    35. Computerized cognitive training in schizophrenia: current knowledge and future directions. Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia. 2013 Jan 1; 284-315. Fisher FM, Subramaniam SK, Panizzutti PR, Vinogradov VS. .
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    36. The repetition paradigm: enhancement of novel metaphors and suppression of conventional metaphors in the left inferior parietal lobe. Neuropsychologia. 2012 Oct; 50(12):2705-2719. Subramaniam K, Faust M, Beeman M, Mashal N. PMID: 22867993.
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    37. Computerized cognitive training restores neural activity within the reality monitoring network in schizophrenia. Neuron. 2012 Feb 23; 73(4):842-53. Subramaniam K, Luks TL, Fisher M, Simpson GV, Nagarajan S, Vinogradov S. PMID: 22365555; PMCID: PMC3295613.
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    38. NEUROPLASTICITY-BASED COGNITIVE TRAINING IMPROVES REALITY MONITORING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS: BEHAVIORAL AND FMRI ASSESSMENTS. Schizophrenia Research. 2010 Apr 1; 117(2-3):471. Subramaniam SK, Luks LT, Aldebot AS, Hearst HA, Thangavel TA, Fisher FM, Simpson SG, Nagarajan NS, Vinogradov VS. .
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    39. Timing is everything: neural response dynamics during syllable processing and its relation to higher-order cognition in schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects. Int J Psychophysiol. 2010 Feb; 75(2):183-93. Dale CL, Findlay AM, Adcock RA, Vertinski M, Fisher M, Genevsky A, Aldebot S, Subramaniam K, Luks TL, Simpson GV, Nagarajan SS, Vinogradov S. PMID: 19879305; PMCID: PMC2827627.
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    40. Neuroplasticity-based cognitive training improves working-memory and self-referential source-memory in schizophrenia patients: Behavioral and fMRI assessments. NeuroImage. 2009 Jul 1; 47:s110. Subramaniam SK, Luks LT, Aldebot AS, Hearst HA, Thangavel TA, Fisher FM, Vertinski VM, Garrett GC, Simpson SG, Nagarajan NS, Vinogradov VS. .
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    41. Neuroplasticity-based cognitive training in schizophrenia: an interim report on the effects 6 months later. Schizophr Bull. 2010 Jul; 36(4):869-79. Fisher M, Holland C, Subramaniam K, Vinogradov S. PMID: 19269924; PMCID: PMC2894606.
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    42. A brain mechanism for facilitation of insight by positive affect. J Cogn Neurosci. 2009 Mar; 21(3):415-32. Subramaniam K, Kounios J, Parrish TB, Jung-Beeman M. PMID: 18578603.
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    43. NEUROPLASTICITY-BASED COGNITIVE TRAINING IMPROVES SELF-REFERENTIAL SOURCE MEMORY COMPARED TO BASELINE PERFORMANCE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS. Schizophrenia Research. 2008 Jun 1; 102(1-3):147. Subramaniam SK, Aldebot AS, Thangavel TA, Garrett GC, Holland HC, Fisher FM, Hearst HA, Luks LT, Vinogradov VS. .
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    44. SERUM ANTICHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Research. 2008 Jun 1; 102(1-3):139. Holland HC, Fisher FM, Subramaniam SK, Kirschner KM, Pollock PB, Vinogradov VS. .
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    45. SERUM ANTICHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Research. 2008 Jun 1; 102(1-3):139. Holland HC, Fisher FM, Subramaniam SK, Kirschner KM, Pollock PB, Vinogradov VS. .
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    46. The prepared mind: neural activity prior to problem presentation predicts subsequent solution by sudden insight. Psychol Sci. 2006 Oct; 17(10):882-90. Kounios J, Frymiare JL, Bowden EM, Fleck JI, Subramaniam K, Parrish TB, Jung-Beeman M. PMID: 17100789.
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