School of Pharmacy researchers illuminate and address pharmacists’ barriers to providing naltrexone injections for substance abuse treatment.
opioid epidemic
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.
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.
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Information—and Video Games
Assistant Professor Olufunmilola Abraham has teamed up with Gear Learning to create an engaging video game to teach high school students how to be proactive about opioid safety.
School’s Professional Development Partners with PSW to Provide Non-Vaccine Injections Training
Wisconsin is only the second state in the Midwest to empower pharmacists to administer non-vaccine injections.
Generation Rx Program at School of Pharmacy Exemplifies the Wisconsin Idea
Pharmacy students can be powerful advocates for medication safety and help fight the opioid epidemic among teens and young adults.