The Naloxone Project
Wisconsin Chapter
The Wisconsin Chapter of The Naloxone Project was established in May 2026, rooted in a public health practicum initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The chapter was founded by Narendra Kuber, a Wisconsin-based pharmacist, who identified the absence of a coordinated statewide effort to ensure naloxone access at emergency department discharge as a critical and addressable gap in Wisconsin's opioid response infrastructure.
Since inception, the chapter has drawn in physician co-leadership, emergency department nursing partnerships, and Watertown, Wisconsin’s public health director committed to closing Wisconsin's preventable overdose mortality gap. The chapter's formation was driven by a recognition that Wisconsin, which is largely rural, underserved, and without a statewide ED naloxone dispensing mandate, needed a dedicated, on-the-ground organizing effort to translate existing policy tools and funding mechanisms into real-world impact.
What Wisconsin
has Accomplished
The Wisconsin Chapter launched with this founding leadership team spanning pharmacy, addiction medicine, emergency nursing, and public health is focused on mapping current naloxone dispensing practices across Wisconsin hospitals and building the coalition necessary to advocate for lasting policy change.
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The Wisconsin Chapter was officially established in May
Wisconsin Leadership
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Narendra Kuber- Chair
Narendra Kuber is a pharmacist with over 23 years of experience across retail, correctional, and rural hospital pharmacy settings. He currently serves as Director of Pharmacy at Watertown Regional Medical Center, a rural community hospital in Watertown, Wisconsin. Prior to this, he directed pharmacy services at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for the state of Wisconsin, where he gained firsthand perspective on the intersection of incarceration, opioid use disorder, and healthcare access for underserved populations.
Narendra holds an RPh, an MBA in Healthcare Administration, and a Harvard Business School CLIMB certification. He is currently pursuing an MPH at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is a PharmD candidate. He brings clinical pharmacy expertise, rural healthcare operations experience, and a commitment to health equity for the populations most disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis.
Dr. Prapti Kuber- Co-Chair
Dr. Prapti Kuber is an occupational medicine physician currently completing a fellowship in addiction medicine at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her career has spanned correctional, community, and addiction-focused settings. She has served as a physician with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and as Regional Medical Director for Wellpath, a national healthcare provider for jails and prisons.
Dr. Kuber's clinical training in addiction medicine, combined with her deep experience serving incarcerated and underserved populations, makes her a natural champion for expanding naloxone access across Wisconsin. As Wisconsin Chapter Co-Chair, she brings addiction medicine expertise and a strong understanding of the structural and social barriers that drive opioid mortality in the communities TNP aims to serve.