Wesley Sargent, EdD, LPC, is a Health Scientist on the Prescription Drug Overdose Health Systems Team in Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention (DUIP). He first joined DUIP in 2014 as an Evaluation Fellow, working on multiple Rx drug overdose projects, which included the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and the evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Electronic Health Records Integration and Interoperability Expansion Program. Sargent’s current responsibilities include working with CDC-funded states to enhance PDMPs, implement community or insurer/health system interventions identifying, evaluate policy/legislative initiatives provide scientific and technical assistance. He also assists with Rx drug overdose projects that are designed to address the opioid overdose epidemic at both the health systems and state level. Sargent obtained his Doctor of Education in professional counseling and supervision with an emphasis in program evaluation at the University of West Georgia.