Samantha Abram, PhD
Working Title
Assistant Professor
Primary Department
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
- Fellowship, 09/2021 - VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, San Francisco VA Medical Center, UCSF
- PhD, 07/2018 - Clinical Psychology, University of Minnesota
- Internship, 06/2018 - Clinical Psychology, San Francisco VA Medical Center, UCSF
- BA, 05/2009 - Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
Hallucinations
Decision Making
Diet, Ketogenic
Psychotic Disorders
Reward
Electroencephalography
Schizophrenia
Thinking
Schizophrenic Psychology
Nerve Net
Pons
Cerebellum
Ketamine
Empathy
Oxytocin
- Western Psychological Association Early Research Career Award, 2024
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award, 2023
- Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative, UCSF, 2021
- UCSF Psychiatry Trainee Research Award, UCSF, 2020
April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2027 - An EEG study of reward processing and memory dysfunction in schizophrenia , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: VA CSR&D, Sponsor Award ID: CX002355
April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2027 - An EEG Study of Reward Processing and Memory Dysfunction in Schizophrenia , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: IK2CX002355
August 15, 2015 - August 14, 2017 - Translating from Rats to Humans: A Human Foraging Model of Decision-Making , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: F31DA040335