The World Health Organization recently estimated that, worldwide, more than 15 million people suffer from opioid dependence and roughly 69,000 people die from opioid overdoses each year. In this Global Forum podcast, Professor Edward Bilsky, an expert in opioid pharmacology and early-stage drug development who serves as the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, discusses the importance of patient engagement in opioid pain management.