Rasa Forati

Bio

Rasa was born in Tehran, Iran and lived there for 7 years until she and her family moved to the U.S. in 2006, where they currently reside in northern CA. She received her undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University with a B.S. in Neuroscience and in Psychology. At JHU, she was involved in peer-to-peer mentorship, tutoring for Baltimore city elementary students, and translational psychiatry research for which she was granted the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award to conduct experiments on novel therapeutics for bipolar disorder. Furthermore, she led a competitive hip-hop dance group and co-founded the Iranian Cultural Society during her time there. After graduating in 2021, Rasa began medical school at Harvard, where she has been involved in the Pediatric Dermatology clinic which provides dermatologic care for underinsured patients in the Boston area, continues to tutor elementary students, and co-founded the Iranian Society at HMS. Her professional interests thus far have been broad, including pediatrics, women's health, dermatology, and surgery. During her free time, Rasa loves finding new communities to dance with, painting, reading, and spending time with her friends and family.