Education

Pharm.D.  Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy, 2015

Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1), Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, 2015-2016
Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency (PGY2), Medical University of South Carolina, 2016-2017

Background

Lauren Linder Wier, Pharm.D., BCPP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences at the College of Pharmacy and a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist. She practices as a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at Prisma Health Richland where she provides direct patient care in mental health. She is developing a new practice site in psychiatric pharmacy to expand clinical services, student training, and interprofessional collaboration.

Wier earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy in 2015. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (LSU Health Sciences Center) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2015–2016), followed by a psychiatric pharmacy residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (2016–2017).

Dr. Wier serves as the lead pharmacist for Project ECHO Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), a telementoring program that connects specialists with community providers to expand access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder across South Carolina. In this role, she provides education, case discussion, and practice support to providers, pharmacists, social workers, and peer recovery specialists.

Her scholarship and clinical work focus on psychiatric pharmacotherapy, substance use disorder treatment, opioid stewardship, and academic detailing. She has received multiple honors including Alumni of the Year from Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy (2023), Young Pharmacist of the Year from the South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists (2020), and the Patient Safety Research Award from MUSC (2017). Dr. Wier has published in peer-reviewed journals, developed statewide provider education initiatives, and has been a national podcast guest on the use of ketamine in psychiatry. 

Research Interests

• Pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders (opioid, alcohol, stimulants)
• Expansion of Project ECHO Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) to increase provider knowledge and improve access to treatment in South Carolina
• Integration of student pharmacists into academic detailing to enhance provider education and experiential learning
• Opioid stewardship and safe prescribing practices in hospital and community settings
• Psychiatric pharmacotherapy and emerging therapies in behavioral health 

Awards & Honors

• Alumni of the Year, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy, 2023
• Young Pharmacist of the Year, South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2020
• Patient Safety Research Award, MUSC, 2017 

Publications

Linder L, Pruitt M, Ball S, Wisniewski C, Weed E. Utilizing Pharmacy Students to Extend Academic Detailing Services Focused on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose Education. Pharmacy Education. 2024.

Cooler J, Ross C, Robert S, Linder L, Ruhe A, Phillip A. Evaluation and optimization of take-home naloxone in an academic medical center. Mental Health Clinician. 2019.

Linder L, Robert S, Williams K, Hayes G. Thiamine prescribing and Wernicke’s encephalopathy risk factors in patients with alcohol use disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 2018.

Linder L, Ross C, Weant K. Ketamine for the acute management of excited delirium and agitation in the prehospital setting. Pharmacotherapy. 2018.

Linder L, Tambue C, Clements J. Drug-induced vitamin B12 deficiency: focus on proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 antagonists. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2016.

Ware K, Tillery E, Linder L. Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic concepts of mood stabilizers in bipolar disorder. Mental Health Clinician. 2016.

Linder L, Clements J. Is combination therapy appropriate for hypothyroidism? JAAPA. 2015.

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