UW researchers highlight new strategy for reducing opioid usage
The Badger Herald – 2/14/2025
A team of doctors and medical professionals at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health recently published a study highlighting how a de-implementation strategy in opiate prescription is linked to a reduction in opioid overdose.
Andrew Quanbeck, PhD Receives Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award
UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health – 2/12/2025
Congratulations to Andrew Quanbeck, PhD (Associate Professor) on receiving a Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award. These awards recognize excellence in research and teaching and provide up to $100,000 in flexible funding over three years for research, publication, and other expenses related to scholarly activity.
UW-Madison study identifies ways doctors can fight the opioid epidemic
WIFR – 1/31/2025
A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health looks to help doctors prescribe opioids safely and effectively.
Dr. Andrew Quanbeck Ranked 70th in BRIMR Rankings, contributing to DFMCH 29th National ranking
UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health -3/07/2024
The University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) ranks twenty-ninth in the nation for the 2023 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) rankings of NIH funding for family medicine departments.
Dr. Andrew Quanbeck, PhD, Ranked 17th in Nation by BRIMR
UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health -03/27/23
Congratulations to Andrew Quanbeck, PhD (Assistant Professor) on ranking seventeenth in the nation in the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) family medicine principal investigator (PI) rankings.
Dr. Andrew Quanbeck receives two NIH grants to address substance misuse in primary care
UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health -9/27/18
UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) Assistant Professor Andrew Quanbeck, PhD, will lead two new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded projects aimed at implementing interventions for the prevention and treatment of substance misuse in the primary-care setting.
App designed by UW researchers proven to help overcome drug, alcohol addictions
The Badger Herald -3/13/18
A team of University of Wisconsin researchers have developed a mobile smartphone app proven to help individuals overcome drug and alcohol addictions.
Mobile app helps patients struggling with addiction in primary care settings
UW School of Medicine and Public Health – 2/19/18
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers have conducted one of the most comprehensive implementation studies examining the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
mHealth app helps curb substance abuse, reduce hospital visits
mHealth Intelligence – 2/16/18
Patients at three health centers found that an mHealth app helped them reduce drinking and drug use incidents and sharply reduced ER visits and hospitalizations. But the study also saw problems with sustainability and physician buy-in.
Coaching reduces opioid prescribing at UW Health clinics
Wisconsin State Journal – 2/7/18
Opioid doses dropped 11 percent at UW Health clinics that paid special attention to urine drug testing and other monitoring of patients, while doses went up 8 percent at other UW clinics, a new study found.