Karuna Subramaniam

Karuna Subramaniam is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), affiliated with the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Her work focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive and clinical symptoms in Schizophrenia, particularly self-agency, reality monitoring, and neural plasticity.

• Education:
  • PhD in Neuroscience (Northwestern University, 2008)
  • BA in Biological Psychology (Knox College, 2002)

Research Interests span schizophrenia neurobiology, medial prefrontal cortex function, self-agency, functional connectivity, and cognitive training interventions. She investigates how neural plasticity and mood modulation affect cognitive outcomes in schizophrenia, including hallucinations and reality monitoring deficits.

Scientific Awards include:

• NIMH R01 Supplement (2024)
• NIMH R01 Grant (2020-2025)
• BBRF Partner Program Award (2020-2022)
• Schizophrenia International Research Society Travel Award (2018)
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society Presentation Award (2017)
• NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2010-2012)
• Pew Sponsored Research Award (2003)

Grants include NIH R01MH122897 (Principal Investigator, 2020-2025) and NIH K01MH105615 (Principal Investigator, 2014-2021).