Biography

Touro University California - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chairman and Professor, Pharmacy Practice Dept, College of Pharmacy at Touro University California
Paul
Perry
San Francisco Bay Area
Over the past 38 years my research focus has centered in clinical psychopharmacology. I have conducted clinical trials that have spanned 1) pharmacokinetic dosing of psychotropic drugs including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and antipsychotics, 2) pharmacogenetics of these agents, and 3) pharmaco-epidemiology studies that have investigated prescribing patterns and adverse effects being purportedly caused by psychotropic drugs. The interest in pharmaco-epidemiology stemmed from serving as a commissioner on the Iowa Medicaid Drug Utilization Commission for 14 years. I am now serving on the Drug Utilization Review Committee for the California Department of Health Care Services. Additionally, in the area of substance abuse my primary area of study involves the use and abuse of anabolic steroids. Finally, because of my psychopharmacology background I have served as forensic expert witness in civil and criminal cases for the past 30 years. I have a career long interest in post-graduate pharmaceutical education. I have been the preceptor for 11 Master’s degree (Clinical Pharmacy) graduate students and 13 Post-PharmD research fellows (Clinical Psychopharmacology).