With an influx of federal aid, two School of Pharmacy professors — Jay Ford and Cody Wenthur — will empower Wisconsin pharmacies with new tools to prevent opioid deaths.
Cody Wenthur
Leading Lab in Photos: Behind the Scenes in the Wenthur Lab
See the people, processes, and equipment behind Assistant Professor Cody Wenthur’s exploration into psychoactive substances.
Pharmacy Experts Webinar: Psychedelic Medicine, Pharmacy & Society
Watch as Associate Professor Lucas Richert, of the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, and Professor Paul Hutson and Assistant Professor Cody Wenthur, both of the Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research Division, discuss where psychedelic research is today, what projects are underway here at UW–Madison, and how the role of pharmacists factors in.
Equity in Psychedelic Therapies
As psychoactive substances gain therapeutic evidence, Assistant Professor Cody Wenthur aims to reverse underrepresentation of minorities in clinical studies.
New Center for Psychoactive Substances Research Accelerates the Search for Therapeutics
Housed at the School of Pharmacy, the Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances leverages clinical and multidisciplinary expertise in emerging field of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
UW–Madison Pioneers Master’s Program in Therapeutic Use of Psychoactive Drugs
In response to a resurgence in research and a need for a highly trained workforce, the School of Pharmacy introduces a new MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation — the only master’s program of its kind in the U.S.
How Important is the ‘Psychedelic’ in Psychedelic Drug Therapies?
A new study led by School of Pharmacy researchers seeks to separate the psychedelic experience from the drugs’ therapeutic effects.
Antibodies to Boost Treatments for Depression
With NIH BRAINS award, Assistant Professor Cody Wenthur is using a vaccine approach to develop safer and more effective antidepressants from ketamine.
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.
5 New Assistant Professors Advance School’s Research and Teaching
Three new hires and two new appointments strengthen the School’s Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences Divisions.