2006-current Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• M.A. in Psychology
• Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Candidate, expected completion 2011.

2000-2004 Boston University, Boston, MA
• BA in Psychology
• BA in Mathematics, concentration in Statistics
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude

• Park, S. & Thakkar, K.N. (2010). "Splitting of the Mind" revisited: recent neuroimaging evidence for functional dysconnection in schizophrenia and its relation to symptoms. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 167: 366-368.

• Thakkar, K.N. & Park, S. (in press). Empathy, schizotypy, and visuo-spatial transformations. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.

• Manoach, D.S., Thakkar, K.N., Stroynowski, E., Ely, A., McKinley, S.K., Djonlagic, I., Vangel, M.G., Goff, D.C., Stickgold, R.S. (in press). Reduced overnight consolidation of procedural learning in chronic medicated schizophrenia is related to specific sleep stages. Journal of Psychiatry Research.

• Thakkar, K.N., Brugger, P., Park, S. (2009). Exploring empathic space: correlates of perspective transformation ability and biases in spatial attention. PLoS ONE, 4(6): e5864.

• Abubaker, R., Alaerts, M., Allman, A.A., Barnett, J., Belujon, P., Bittner, R.A., Burne, T.H., Cahn, W., Chance, S., Cherkerzian, S., Desouza, R., Di Forti, M., du Bois, T., Fatjó-Vilas, M., Green, M., Halpern, D., John, J.P., Kemp, A., Koelkebeck, K., Lee, J., Lodge, D.J., Michalopoulou, P., Mompremier, L., Nelson, B., Perälä, J., Rotarska-Jagiela, A., Schoeman, R., Thakkar, K.N., Valuri, G., Varambally, S., Zai, C., Delisi, L.E. (2008) Summary of the 1st Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference oral sessions, Venice, Italy, June 21-25, 2008: The rapporteur reports. Schizophrenia Research, 105(1-3): 289-383.

• Thakkar, K.N., Polli, F.E., Joseph, R.M., Tuch, D.S., Hadjikhani, N., Barton, J.J.S., Manoach, D.S. (2008). Abnormal response monitoring, repetitive behavior, and decreased microstructural integrity of white matter underlying anterior cingulate cortex in autism spectrum disorders. Brain, 131: 2464-78.

• Thakkar, K.N., Matthews, N., Park, S. (2008) A complete theory of psychosis and autism as diametric disorders of the social brain must consider full range of clinical syndromes. Behav Brain Sci, 31(3): 277-278.

• Polli, F.E., Barton, J.J.S., Thakkar, K.N., Cain, M.S., Goff, D.C., Rauch, S.L., Manoach, D.S. (2008) Reduced error-related activation in two anterior cingulate circuits is related to impaired performance in schizophrenia. Brain, 131(4): 971-86.

• Barton, J.J.S., Pandita, M., Thakkar, K.N., Goff, D.C., Manoach, D.S. (2008) The relation between antisaccade errors, fixation stability and prosaccade errors in schizophrenia. Experimental Brain Research, 186(2):273-82.

• Manoach, D.S., Ketwaroo, G.A., Polli, F.E., Thakkar, K.N., Barton, J.J.S., Goff, D.C., Vangel, M., Tuch, D.S. (2007). The association of reduced microstructural integrity of the anterior cingulum bundle is associated with increased saccadic latency in schizophrenia. Neuroimage, 37(2):599-610.

• Manoach, D.S., Thakkar, K.N., Cain, M.S., Polli, F.E., Edelman, J., Barton, J.J.S. (2007). Neural activity is modulated by trial history: An fMRI study of the effects of a prior antisaccade. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(7): 1791-1798.

• Polli, F.E., Barton, J.J.S., Cain, M.S., Thakkar, K.N., Rauch, S.L., Manoach, D.S (2005). Rostral and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex make dissociable contributions during antisaccade error commission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(43): 15700-5.

• Thakkar, K.N., Schall, J.D., Park, S. Response inhibition and response monitoring of saccades in a stop signal task in schizophrenia. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2008.

• Thakkar, K.N., S. Evidence for intact manipulation of internal representations during mental rotation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, Venice, 2008.

• Thakkar, K.N., Brugger P., Park S. The relationship between visuospatial perspective-taking and empathy: implications for schizophrenia and autism. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day, Nashville, TN, 2007.

• Ono, K., Thakkar, K.N., Stroynowski, E., Djonlajic, I., Vangel, M.G., Goff, D.C., Stickgold, R., Manoach, D.S. Deficient sleep- and time- dependent consolidation of motor learning in chronic, medicated schizophrenia. Harvard Psychiatry Day, Boston, 2007.

• Roffman, J.L., Weiss, A.P., Purcell, S., Freudenreich, O., Henderson, D.C., Wong, D.H., Thakkar, K.N., Halstead, C.H., Manoach, D.S., Goff, D.C. Interactive effects of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms and serum folate status on negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Society for Biological Psychiatry, Toronto, 2006.

• Thakkar, K.N., Polli, F.E., Barton, J.J.S., Cain, M.S., Joseph, R.M., Hadjikhani, N., & Manoach, D.S. Abnormal anterior cingulate activity during error processing in autism spectrum disorder. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2005.

• Manoach, D.S., Cain, M.S., Thakkar, K.N., Polli, F.E., Barton, J.J.S. An fMRI study of the inter-trial effects of antisaccades. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2005.

• Polli, F.E., Cain, M.S., Thakkar, K.N., Barton, J.J.S., Manoach, D.S. Intact task-induced deactivation but decreased performance evaluation during antisaccade errors in schizophrenia. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2005.

• Tuch, D.S., Ketwaroo, G.A., Cain, M.S., Sauder, C.L., Thakkar, K.N., Polli, F.E., Barton, J.J.S., Manoach, D.S. Mapping the neural circuitry of antisaccade performance using DTI. ISMRM, Miami Beach, FL, 2005.

• Polli, F.E., Barton, J.J.S., Cain, M.S., Thakkar, K.N., Rauch, S.L., Manoach, D.S. Failure to deactivate the ‘default mode’ network during error commission: A neural model for affective inference of cognition? Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Day, Boston, MA, 2005.

• Polli, F.E., Cain, M.S., Thakkar, K.N., Gallagher, G., Sauder, C., Hamalainen, M.S., Barton, J.J.S., Manoach, D.S. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) complements functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to elucidate the role of anterior cingulate cortex in error detection. Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, 2005.

2009 NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship

2008 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Travel Award

2008 Vanderbilt Developmental Psychopathology Training Grant

2008 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship

2007 Runner Up, Vanderbilt Law and Neuroscience Research Prize
• For research proposal investigating issues at the intersection of law and neuroscience

2007 ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship
• Awarded to graduate and undergraduate students to conduct research at a Swiss University

2006 University Fellowship, Vanderbilt University

2000 University Scholarship, Boston University

2007 UCLA Advanced Neuroimaging Summer School
• Advanced course in functional MRI data collection and analysis

2007 University Hospital, Zurich
Visiting Pre-Doctoral Researcher

2004-2006 Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Research Assistant

2003-2004 Danielsen Institute, Boston University
Research Assistant

2004 Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University (CARD)
Research Volunteer

2009-current Behavioral Health Intellecutal Disability Clinic at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN
Psychotherapy practicum student

2008-2009 Dr. Mark Phillips Office Nashville, TN
Neuropsychology practicum student

2003 Northgate Clinic London, UK
Undergraduate Clinical Intern