Dan Hartung, PharmD, MPH, is a pharmacist, Associate Professor of Pharmacy in the Oregon State University / Oregon Health & Science University College of Pharmacy, and an investigator in the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center. Hartung received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin, Master of Public Health with emphasis biostatistics and epidemiology from OHSU, and he completed a pharmacy residency at the Portland VA Medical Center, and outcomes research fellowship at Oregon State University. His work involves pharmaceutical health services research, with a specific focus on pharmacy benefit design and delivery within state Medicaid programs. He is currently leading a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded effort to explore how Medicaid policies involving Rx opioids affect high-risk opioid utilization and opioid-related health outcomes. He is also principal investigator on an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded project to develop and pilot a toolkit to help community pharmacists improve their use of state prescription drug monitoring program data and ultimately improve the safety of opioid use in the community.