About PROTEA
PROTEA is not only an acronym for the Program for Research, Outreach, Therapeutics, and Education in the Addictions but also a flower that symbolizes transformation and courage. It was chosen to represent the relationship of individual, family, and community struggles in the setting of substance misuse and addiction.
Enhancing individual lives and communities where substance use is having a negative impact requires courage, often involving dramatic shifts in perceptions, social networks and functioning, and day-to-day habitual behaviors to achieve positive change.
What is PROTEA?
Latest PROTEA News
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Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, Receives Leadership Excellence Award
UW’s Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, received a 2026 UW Health Leadership Excellence Award for advancing addiction care access and public health.
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New Faculty Leaders in Addiction Medicine
UW’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship welcomes Kelly Eagen, MD, as program director and David Leinweber, MD, as associate program director this past January.
PROTEA In The Media
2025
- UW–Madison Researchers Test Psilocybin, the Compound in “Magic Mushrooms,” as New Tool in Mental Health Care – WMTV
- Wisconsin Scientists are Leaders in Testing Psychedelic Treatments for Mental Health – Wisconsin Public Radio
- Ketamine Therapy for Teens with PTSD? Researchers Say Yes – Double Blind Magazine
2024
- Building Trust with a Native Community – UW–Madison News
- UW–Madison Researchers on the Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics, Including MDMA – Wisconsin Public Radio
- Why UW Scientists Think Psychedelics Might Heal Trauma – City Cast Madison Podcast
