Our Mission
The mission of the Texas Substance Use Symposium, or TxSUS (pronounced “Texas”), is to reduce the burden of substance use on Texas communities by convening health care providers, behavioral health professionals, peer recovery specialists, and others to collaboratively identify our local substance use challenges and solutions to this public health concern.
Why Attend?
Our annual symposium brings together stakeholders from across the state to collaborate and advance substance use and behavioral health care. Through educational sessions, skill-building workshops, and collaborative breakouts, participants engage with national and local leaders, learn best practices, and connect with peers to drive improvements in care. Join us for conversation, community, and collaboration.
Conference Chairs
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH
Vice President for Research,
Professor of Psychiatry
UT Health San Antonio
Lucas G. Hill, PharmD, FCCP
Clinical Associate Professor,
PhARM Program Director
UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Adrienne Lindsey, MA, DBH
Director,
Center for Substance Use Training & Telementoring
Assistant Professor,
UT Health San Antonio
Accreditation Committee
Glen Baumgart, PhD
UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Jennifer Bosworth, PharmD
UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Leticia Bresnahan
UT Health San Antonio
Lisa Costa
UT Austin School of Nursing
Marcia Gooden
UT Health San Antonio
Lindsey Loera, PharmD
UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Liz Martinez
UT Health San Antonio
Claire Zagorski, MSc
UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Our Partners
The PhARM Program at the UT Austin College of Pharmacy provides continuing education to a broad range of health professionals via the Texas Opioid Training Initiative, leads overdose prevention efforts across multiple campuses through Operation Naloxone, and conducts innovative research to identify and address gaps in the implementation of evidence-based interventions for substance use and addiction.
Be Well Texas, a statewide initiative of UT Health San Antonio, provides equitable, compassionate, and science-based substance use services through telehealth, recovery support, and its provider network. Be Well Texas envisions a future where prevention, treatment, and recovery are accessible to all Texans, regardless of ability to pay.
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is a leader in innovative pharmacy education and research. As the #7 ranked U.S. pharmacy school, the College has $20 million in research funding and the #1 residency match placement rate in Texas.
UT Health San Antonio™, one of the country’s leading health sciences universities, is the leader in south/central Texas funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The university’s schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions and graduate biomedical sciences have produced more than 33,000 alumni.
TxSUS is funded in part by TTOR, a public health initiative operated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) through federal funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant award number H79TI085747, along with generous support from other sponsors throughout Texas.
The Be Well Institute at UT Health San Antonio is a comprehensive, low-barrier system of care providing compassionate, transformational support for substance use and mental health needs across Texas. The Institute integrates clinical care, community partnership, research, public health, and workforce development to address substance use comprehensively.
This site is supported by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission through federal funding
from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.