Farah Khorassani

Biography

Farah Khorassani, Pharm.D., BCPP, FAAPP is Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice at the University of California, Irvine, where she also serves as Clinical Pharmacist in Psychiatry at UC Irvine Health and Core Faculty for the Train-New-Trainers Fellowship at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. A Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist, Khorassani completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, followed by an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a PGY-2 Psychiatric Specialty Residency at University of North Carolina Hospitals and Clinics. Her clinical and scholarly work focuses on psychopharmacology, with particular emphasis on health disparities in psychiatric medication prescribing and the integration of mental health education into pharmacy curricula.

Khorassani has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles examining topics including treatment-resistant depression, antipsychotic-induced metabolic effects, pharmacogenomic testing in psychiatry, and racial disparities in psychotropic prescribing. Her research on racial disparities in mood stabilizer prescribing for bipolar disorder and short-acting intramuscular antipsychotics for agitation in schizophrenia has contributed to understanding inequities in psychiatric care. She has also authored peer-reviewed book chapters and developed institutional guidelines for clozapine use, long-acting injectable antipsychotics, and naltrexone administration at multiple hospital systems. Her work has been featured in national pharmacy publications and media outlets, and she serves as a reviewer for multiple pharmacy and psychiatry journals.

Khorassani serves in appointed leadership roles including Vice Chair of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Psychiatric Pharmacy Specialty Council, Chair-elect of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Central Nervous System Practice and Research Network, and Chair of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists Abstracts Committee. She is a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor and has delivered continuing education presentations at national conferences including the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and American College of Clinical Pharmacy. At UC Irvine, she coordinates psychiatric pharmacy education for pharmacy students and residents, provides weekly teaching to psychiatry residents, and mentors students in scholarly research projects focused on psychopharmacology and mental health literacy.

Education

• Pharm.D., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2011
• B.A. in Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2008

Distinctions

• Fellow of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists , 2026
• Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP), Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 2014