Samantha Abram, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    San Francisco VA Medical Center, UCSF, San Francisco, CAFellowship09/2021VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment
    San Francisco VA Medical Center, UCSF , San Francisco, CAInternship06/2018Clinical Psychology
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MNPhD07/2018Clinical Psychology
    Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MOBA05/2009Psychology
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    2024Western Psychological Association Early Research Career Award
    2023American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award
    UCSF2021Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative
    UCSF2020UCSF Psychiatry Trainee Research Award

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    An EEG study of reward processing and memory dysfunction in schizophrenia
    VA CSR&D CX002355Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2027
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Translating from Rats to Humans: A Human Foraging Model of Decision-Making
    NIH F31DA040335Aug 15, 2015 - Aug 14, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pons connectivity correlates with neurophysiological and clinical signatures of predictive coding in psychosis. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Nov; 50(1):351-352. Abram SV, Hua JPY. PMID: 39039138; PMCID: PMC11526116.
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    2. Brain Age Gap in Early Illness Schizophrenia and the Clinical High-Risk Syndrome: Associations With Experiential Negative Symptoms and Conversion to Psychosis. Schizophr Bull. 2024 08 27; 50(5):1159-1170. Hua JPY, Abram SV, Loewy RL, Stuart B, Fryer SL, Vinogradov S, Mathalon DH. PMID: 38815987; PMCID: PMC11349027.
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    3. Pons-to-Cerebellum Hypoconnectivity Along the Psychosis Spectrum and Associations With Sensory Prediction and Hallucinations in Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Jul; 9(7):693-702. Abram SV, Hua JPY, Nicholas S, Roach B, Keedy S, Sweeney JA, Mathalon DH, Ford JM. PMID: 38311290; PMCID: PMC11227403.
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    4. Alpha Event-Related Desynchronization During Reward Processing in Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2023 05; 8(5):551-559. Fryer SL, Marton TF, Roach BJ, Holroyd CB, Abram SV, Lau KJ, Ford JM, McQuaid JR, Mathalon DH. PMID: 37045705.
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    5. Cerebellar stimulation in schizophrenia: A systematic review of the evidence and an overview of the methods. Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:1069488. Hua JPY, Abram SV, Ford JM. PMID: 36620688; PMCID: PMC9815121.
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    6. Advanced brain age correlates with greater rumination and less mindfulness in schizophrenia. Neuroimage Clin. 2023; 37:103301. Abram SV, Roach BJ, Hua JPY, Han LKM, Mathalon DH, Ford JM, Fryer SL. PMID: 36586360; PMCID: PMC9830317.
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    7. Consider the pons: bridging the gap on sensory prediction abnormalities in schizophrenia. Trends Neurosci. 2022 11; 45(11):798-808. Abram SV, Hua JPY, Ford JM. PMID: 36123224; PMCID: PMC9588719.
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    8. Validation of ketamine as a pharmacological model of thalamic dysconnectivity across the illness course of schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 05; 27(5):2448-2456. Abram SV, Roach BJ, Fryer SL, Calhoun VD, Preda A, van Erp TGM, Bustillo JR, Lim KO, Loewy RL, Stuart BK, Krystal JH, Ford JM, Mathalon DH. PMID: 35422467; PMCID: PMC9135621.
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    9. Psychological Dimensions Relevant to Motivation and Pleasure in Schizophrenia. Front Behav Neurosci. 2022; 16:827260. Abram SV, Weittenhiller LP, Bertrand CE, McQuaid JR, Mathalon DH, Ford JM, Fryer SL. PMID: 35401135; PMCID: PMC8985863.
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    10. Vicarious Trial-and-Error Is Enhanced During Deliberation in Human Virtual Navigation in a Translational Foraging Task. Front Behav Neurosci. 2021; 15:586159. Huynh T, Alstatt K, Abram SV, Schmitzer-Torbert N. PMID: 33912018; PMCID: PMC8072010.
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    11. Working memory and alcohol demand relationships differ according to PTSD symptom severity among veterans with AUD. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Apr; 29(2):166-177. Abram SV, Batki SL, Pennington DL. PMID: 34043400.
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    12. Reward processing electrophysiology in schizophrenia: Effects of age and illness phase. Neuroimage Clin. 2020; 28:102492. Abram SV, Roach BJ, Holroyd CB, Paulus MP, Ford JM, Mathalon DH, Fryer SL. PMID: 33395983; PMCID: PMC7695886.
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    13. Oxytocin Enhances an Amygdala Circuit Associated With Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Single-Dose, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover, Randomized Control Trial. Schizophr Bull. 2020 04 10; 46(3):661-669. Abram SV, De Coster L, Roach BJ, Mueller BA, van Erp TGM, Calhoun VD, Preda A, Lim KO, Turner JA, Ford JM, Mathalon DH, Woolley JD. PMID: 31595302; PMCID: PMC7147578.
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    14. Learning From Loss After Risk: Dissociating Reward Pursuit and Reward Valuation in a Naturalistic Foraging Task. Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10:359. Abram SV, Redish AD, MacDonald AW. PMID: 31231252; PMCID: PMC6561235.
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    15. Oxytocin does not improve working memory in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2019 06; 208:486-487. Bradley ER, van Nieuwenhuizen A, Abram S, Niles AN, Woolley JD. PMID: 30712813; PMCID: PMC7297462.
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    16. The goal priority network as a neural substrate of Conscientiousness. Hum Brain Mapp. 2018 09; 39(9):3574-3585. Rueter AR, Abram SV, MacDonald AW, Rustichini A, DeYoung CG. PMID: 29691946; PMCID: PMC6200659.
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    17. Neural correlates of preserved facial affect perception in high functioning schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2017 Aug 30; 266:83-85. Karpouzian TM, Schroeder MP, Abram SV, Wanar H, Alden EC, Eack SM, Csernansky JG, Smith MJ. PMID: 28624640; PMCID: PMC10725252.
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    18. Default mode functional connectivity is associated with social functioning in schizophrenia. J Abnorm Psychol. 2017 May; 126(4):392-405. Fox JM, Abram SV, Reilly JL, Eack S, Goldman MB, Csernansky JG, Wang L, Smith MJ. PMID: 28358526; PMCID: PMC5418083.
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    19. Fronto-temporal connectivity predicts cognitive empathy deficits and experiential negative symptoms in schizophrenia. Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 03; 38(3):1111-1124. Abram SV, Wisner KM, Fox JM, Barch DM, Wang L, Csernansky JG, MacDonald AW, Smith MJ. PMID: 27774734; PMCID: PMC6866816.
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    20. Functional coherence of insula networks is associated with externalizing behavior. J Abnorm Psychol. 2015 Nov; 124(4):1079-91. Abram SV, Wisner KM, Grazioplene RG, Krueger RF, MacDonald AW, DeYoung CG. PMID: 26301974; PMCID: PMC4658249.
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    21. Alterations in brain activation during cognitive empathy are related to social functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2015 Jan; 41(1):211-22. Smith MJ, Schroeder MP, Abram SV, Goldman MB, Parrish TB, Wang X, Derntl B, Habel U, Decety J, Reilly JL, Csernansky JG, Breiter HC. PMID: 24583906; PMCID: PMC4266286.
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    22. Accurate perception of negative emotions predicts functional capacity in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. 2014 Apr 30; 216(1):6-11. Abram SV, Karpouzian TM, Reilly JL, Derntl B, Habel U, Smith MJ. PMID: 24524947.
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    23. Self-reported empathy deficits are uniquely associated with poor functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2012 May; 137(1-3):196-202. Smith MJ, Horan WP, Karpouzian TM, Abram SV, Cobia DJ, Csernansky JG. PMID: 22321668.
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