Dr. Mitchell Barnett is the Associate Director of the Iowa Prescription Monitoring Program with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy and Iowa Department of Public Health. Mitch earned an undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Iowa, and later went on to earn a doctorate in pharmacy and a Master’s degree, also from the University of Iowa, before completing a post-doc fellowship in clinical outcomes. While relatively new to the world of PMP, he has been actively involved in health services research and patient claims analyses for over 20 years, including holding positions at the Iowa City VAMC Center of Excellence and Touro University-California, College of Pharmacy. He has published over 60 research articles and book chapters and has presented at numerous regional, national and international meetings.