Team of researchers collaborating to improve appropriate prescribing of opioid medications

Breaking the Opioid Cycle: Part 2

In the second in a three-part series exploring how School of Pharmacy researchers are curbing the opioid epidemic, faculty are testing a new tool to improve appropriate prescribing and leveraging pharmacist expertise to increase naloxone dispensing.

Assistant Professor Cody Wenthur in his lab.

Breaking the Opioid Cycle

In the first in a three-part series exploring how School of Pharmacy researchers are curbing the opioid epidemic, faculty are building a toolkit for pharmacists to get involved with opioid use disorder treatment, and paving the way for an opioid misuse vaccine.

Bill and Jane Doucette

Unleashing the Full Range of Pharmacist Expertise

William Doucette, a triple-threat pharmacy Badger holding degrees in both pharmacy and social and administrative science from the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy, devoted his career to helping community pharmacists overcome barriers in their practice.