As Director of The Pew Charitable Trusts' substance use prevention and treatment initiative, Cynthia Reilly works on federal and state initiatives to reduce the inappropriate use of Rx opioids while ensuring patients have access to effective pain management. She also focuses on expanding access to effective treatment for substance use disorders and serves as a member of the SUD Treatment Task Force. Prior to joining Pew, Reilly worked on issues related to the safety and quality of medication use for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Bethesda, Maryland. In this role, she coordinated the society’s work in support of rescheduling hydrocodone combination products from Schedule III to Schedule II to improve the safe and appropriate use of those therapies. In addition, she led development of policy that called on clinicians to increase efforts to combat Rx drug abuse while also ensuring patient access to needed pain therapies. Reilly received her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Temple University, and her master’s degree in global health and medical policy from George Mason University.