06/06/2025
Last week Jake Miller, an incoming P3 student pharmacist in SCAPP, traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to attend the APhA’s Institute on Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Read more about the experience from Jake himself:
“Last week I was humbled to receive a grant through the SDSU College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions to attend the APhA SUD conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. During my four packed days I learned about the pharmacology, neurological bias, and stigmas surrounding substance use disorders. This was by far the most personal and emotional conference I have ever attended as a portion of each day was reserved for AA/NA style meetings. Learning from the pharmacist, interns, and technicians about their SUD story and road to sobriety can at a minimum be described as eye-opening. Almost everyone in their life know someone struggling with SUD and it is our job as clinical staff and community members to encourage safe, personalized, and effective treatments for those with SUDs and to treat the disease while honoring the autonomy of the person struggling to survive.
Thank you to everyone at the SDSU COP AHP and those I met in Utah for an amazing experience I will never forget and for the opportunity to grow and become a better student pharmacist and person.”