Social & Administrative Sciences Division

Welcome to the Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison! We investigate the “people” aspect of pharmacy and medication use. Our focus is on the scientific and humanistic bases for understanding and influencing interactions involving patients, medicines, caregivers, and health care systems. In our teaching and research endeavors, we integrate knowledge of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals with knowledge from economics, history, sociology, psychology, management sciences, communication, education, epidemiology, law, and ethics. Our group and interests are varied and diverse.

Faculty in the SAS division also play key roles within the Sonderegger Research Center, the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, and the Wisconsin Opioid Overdose Response Center.