Hannah Macfarlane

Hannah Macfarlane is a Clinical Tutor in Psychiatric Therapeutics at the Mental Health Pharmacy Department, part of Aston University's College of Health and Life Sciences. Her research focuses on mental health education for pharmacy students, stigma reduction, and pharmacokinetics in clinical settings. Notable contributions include studies on mental health first aid integration in curricula and precision dosing of antidepressants during pregnancy. Her 2022 doctoral thesis explored pharmacy students' preparedness for working with individuals with mental illness through qualitative methods. Recent work (2025) examines stigma’s impact on student readiness. She has collaborated on virtual clinical trials and cross-country surveys of mental health education. Her research is widely shared on social media and cited in policy documents.