Professor Paul Hutson and collaborators in the Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances study psilocybin for opioid and methamphetamine use disorders.
opioid epidemic
New Webinar Series Explores the Cutting-Edge of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Experts webinars feature faculty, alumni sharing their broad expertise in practice and research.
New Toolkit Helps Pharmacists Build Opioid Stewardship Programs in Rural Wisconsin
Developed by School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty, and staff and collaborators, a new opioid stewardship toolkit aims to save lives
School of Pharmacy Researchers Win National Data Visualization Competition
The School’s Laurel Legenza and Apoorva Reddy are recognized by the NCHS and AcademyHealth for their visualization of data on suicide and overdose deaths.
Advocate and Leader to End Opioid Misuse
Through the Opioid Task Force, Healing Network, and Pharmacy Examining Board, pharmacist alum John Weitekamp works to protect patients.
Breaking Down Barriers to Substance Abuse Treatment
School of Pharmacy researchers illuminate and address pharmacists’ barriers to providing naltrexone injections for substance abuse treatment.
The Opioid Conversation
School of Pharmacy team conducts statewide testing to facilitate patient education about opioid medications.
Breaking the Opioid Cycle: Part 3
The last in a three-part series exploring how School of Pharmacy faculty are curbing the opioid epidemic, including community-driven interventions, leveraging digital games, and exploring treatment with psilocybin.
Pharmacists Take on Substance Abuse Treatment
Under leadership by School of Pharmacy alumni, Streu’s Pharmacy in Green Bay provides much-needed medication-assisted therapy for opioid and alcohol misuse.
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.