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• Access to care
• Substance use disorders
• Practice-based research
• Implementation science
• Rural health
• Leadership

• Research ��ֱ����: College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professionals Researcher of the Year ��ֱ���� 2024
• Licensed pharmacist in South ��ֱ����, North ��ֱ���� and Minnesota
• Spring 2012, teaching certificate
• American Pharmacists Association's Medication Therapy Management Certification and Faculty Trainer
• American Pharmacists Association’s Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management Certification and Faculty Trainer
• American Pharmacists Association’s Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certification and Faculty Trainer

Active Projects:

• Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Implementation. START-SD, three years, $1 million. Three-year program to reduce morbidity and mortality of opioid use disorders by improving access to prevention, treatment and recovery services available to patients and their families in Brookings, Codington and Hughes counties.

Completed Projects:

• Development of a Mobile Clinic Program. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Program 2304, two years, $500,000. Project to improve access to care resources for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in South ��ֱ����'s rural communities.
• Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Psychostimulant Support. START-SD, three years, $500,000. Three-year project to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with psychostimulant use disorder by improving access to prevention, treatment and recovery services available to patients and their families in Codington, Roberts, Brown and Hughes counties.
• Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Opioid Response. START-SD, one year, $300,000. One-year project to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with overdoses related to substance use in target communities among adults aged 18-54 in Yankton, Lyman, Roberts and Hughes counties through harm reduction strategies, education and training with health care facilities to improve treatment and increasing access to treatment and recovery services through education, training and placement of peer coaches.
• Improving the Health of Americans Through Prevention and Management of Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Program 1815, Year 3 $600,000 award, Year 4 $800,000 award, Year 5 $870,000 award.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. O’Conner, Shanna K., Erin E. Miller, Danielle Schievelbein, Alyssa Zweifel, James W. Amell. Use of Artificial Intelligence Processing Tools to Evaluate Qualitative Data: Student researchers compared to faculty researchers. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. (Accepted for publication)
2. Miller, Erin E., Sarah Schweitzer, Alex W. Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, James W. Amell, Patricia Ahmed, Stephanie Hanson. Pharmacist-driven mobile health clinics: a qualitative analysis of logistics for program development, implementation and operation. BMC Health Services Research. (Accepted for publication)
3. Middendorf, Alex, Christopher Robbins, Deidra Van Gilder, Erin Miller, Nicholas Elgersma, Sharrel Pinto. . JAPhA. Feb. 14, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2025.102359.
4. Miller, Erin E., Sarah Schweitzer, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins, Jennifer Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Aaron Hunt. . BMC Public Health. (2024) 24:3531. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20682-8.
5. Miller, Erin E., Shanna K. O-Connor, Jacob Ford, Emily Van Klompenburg, Wendy Jensen-Bender. . Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. Published online Aug. 12; 16(12):102170.  doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102170.
6. Miller, Erin E., Aaron Hunt, Abigayle Blanchette, Abigail Sirek, Madeiline Osborn, Sharrel Pinto. . Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. 2024;15:100490. Published 2024 Aug. 8. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100490.
7. Middendorf, Alex, Aaron Hunt, Alexa Vanden Hull, Deidra Van Gilder, Erin E. Miller, Sharrel Pinto. . INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. June 2024. Vol. 15 No. 3 (2024). doi: 10.24926/iip.v15i3.5772
8. Miller, Erin E., Jennifer Ball, Mary Emery, Christopher Robbins, Jeremy Daniel, Patricia Ahmed, Aaron Hunt. . Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. (2003). 2023 Jan-Feb;63(1):366-373. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.08.029. Epub 2022 Sept. 10. PMID: 36207271.
9. Pinto, Sharrel, Christopher Kotschevar, Aaron Hunt, Alex Middendorf, Christopher Robbins, Erin Miller, Deidra Van Gilder. I. Pharmacy. Dec. 19, 2022.

Invited Book Chapter – Peer Reviewed

1. Ball, Jennifer, Erin E. Miller. Role of Outpatient Pharmacists in Opioid Overdose Prevention. Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Program. Submitted and peer reviewed spring and summer 2022, will be published in 2023.

Presentations – National Webinars

1. Miller, Erin E., Indra K. Reddy, Leigh Ann Ross, Zubin Austin, Lea Eiland, Jennifer Prisco. Communicating with Those in Leadership: Effectively Managing Up. AACP Webinar. April 9, 2024.
2. Ostebee, Benjamin, Jessie Hipple Rosario, Christine A. Dube, Erin E. Miller, Conrad Dhing. “How Pharmacy Organizations Can Increase Student Participation and Engagement While Addressing Contemporary Issues in Pharmacy Education.” American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy webinar. April 10, 2023.
3. Smith, Kathryn, Erin Miller, Andrew Traynor and Noel E. Wilkin. “Managing Change to Do You Good: Tools to Incorporate Change Management into Your Leadership Development.” Live Webinar presented at the American Academy of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting 2021, July 22, 2021.
4. Erin E. Miller, Teresa Seefeldt, Kate Rotzenberg and Andrea L. Porter. “” Webinar, March 10, 2021.

Presentations – Regional/Local Webinars

1. Patton, Kim, Aaron Hunt, Erin Miller, Ashley Doran, Megan Colwell and Reid Plimpton. “Supporting Patients in Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Though Social Services and Telehealth Peer Coaching in Rural South ��ֱ����, Part 4 of the HRSA Telebehavioral Health Webinar Series.” Webinar, July 21, 2021.
2. Middendorf, Alex, Deidra Van Gilder and Erin Miller. “.” Webinar, April 14, 2020.
3. Middendorf, Alex, Deidra Van Gilder and Erin Miller. “.” Webinar, May 15, 2020.

Presentations – Invited Presentations

1. Miller, Erin E., Understanding Stigma to Empower Change. Midwest Opioid and Stimulant Conference. Kansas City, Kansas. Sept. 18, 2024.
2. Jeremy Daniel, Jennifer Ball, Erin Miller. Information on Substance Use Disorders. Network of Care Virtual Meeting. Aug. 19, 2024.

Presentations – National Conference Papers or Posters (Peer Reviewed Abstract)

(italics are student mentees)

1. Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin Miller, James Amell, Stephanie Hanson, Alex Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Irene Arango Gomez, Sangah Park, Taryn Fergel. “Role of Mobile Pharmacist-provided Services in Facilitating Patient Care in Underserved Populations: Encore Presentation.” American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2025. Nashville, Tennessee, March 21-24, 2025.
2. Amell, James W., Sangah Park, Erin Miller, Sarah Schweitzer, Patricia Ahmed, Irene Arango Gomez, Alex Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Christopher Robbins, April Nelsen, Stephanie Hanson. “A Community Assessment Approach to Examine Health Professionals and Community Member Perceptions to Inform the Development of a Pharmacy-Driven Mobile Health Clinic Model.” American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2025. Nashville, Tennessee, March 21-24, 2025.
3. Ahmed, Patricia, Erin Miller, Cedric Cogdill. “Assessment of Factors Contributing to Self-Stigma Among Substance Users In South ��ֱ����.” 2025 Medical Student Section Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, March 13-16, 2025.
4. Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin Miller, James Amell, Christopher Robbins, April Nelsen, Stephanie Hanson, Alex Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Irene Arango Gomez, Sangah Park. “Role of Mobile Pharmacy Services in Facilitating Patient Care in Underserved Populations.” American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 27-30, 2024.
5. Miller, Erin E., Shanna O’Connor, Jacob Ford. “Small-scale changes with big benefits: Addressing low course evaluation scores in a single pharmacy management course.” American Associations of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting 2024, Boston, Massachusetts, July 20-23, 2024.
6. Robbins, Christopher, Alex Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Stephanie Hanson, Erin Miller. “Improving the Health of South ��ֱ����ns with Pharmacy Based Education, Counseling and Clinical Management of Diabetes and CVD.” American Academy of Health Behavior Annual Meeting 2024, Savannah, Georgia, April 14-17, 2024.
7. Miller, Erin E., Sarah Schweitzer, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins, Jennifer Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Aaron Hunt. “Perceptions of substance use disorder in rural areas: How the brain disease model impacts public stigma.” 2024 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Reverse Site Visit, Washington, D.C., March 6-8, 2024.
8. Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin Miller, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins, Aaron Hunt. “Public stigma towards substance use disorder (SUD): Pilot survey study in South ��ֱ����.” American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 12-15, 2023.
9. Cogdill, Cedric, Erin Miller, Aaron Hunt, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins. “Self-stigma experienced by people who use medications for non-medical purposes in rural South ��ֱ����.” American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 12-15, 2023.
10. Pinto, Sharrel, Chris Kotschevar, Aaron Hunt, Alex Middendorf, Christopher Robbins, Erin Miller, Deidra Van Gilder. “Impact of a public health awareness campaign on patients' perceptions of expanded pharmacy services in South ��ֱ���� using the Theory of Planned Behavior.” American Academy of Health Behavior 2023 Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 12-15, 2023.
11. Jordan Kimball, Aaron Hunt, Alex Middendorf, Erin Miller, Deidra Van Gilder, Chris Robbins, and Sharrel Pinto. “Assessing the Impact of a Central Pharmacist Coordinator and Medication Therapy Management Training on Patient Interventions Across a Midwest Community Pharmacy Chain.” American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 4-8, 2022.
12. Vanden Hull, Alexa, Alex Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Christopher Robbins, Erin Miller, Nick Elgersma, Sharrel Pinto. “Impact of a Targeted Approach to Recruiting Patients into Medication Synchronization and Medication Adherence Packaging Programs.” American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2023, Phoenix, Arizona, March 24-27, 2023.
13. Heidi Shultz, Erin E. Miller, Aaron Hunt, Abigayle Blanchette, Sharrel Pinto. “Improving the Health of South ��ֱ����ns through the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Practitioners’ Perceptions of Barriers to Care of American Indians.” American Pharmacist Association 2022 annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 18. 2022.
14. Abigayle Sirek, Erin E. Miller, Abigayle Blanchette, Sharrel Pinto. “Pharmacists: The most Accessible yet Underutilized Healthcare Practitioners in South ��ֱ����.” American Public Health Association 2021 annual meeting and expo, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 6, 2021.
15. Sirek, Abigail, Erin Miller, Yen-Ming Huang, Sharrel Pinto. “Assessing the Impacts of an Educational Campaign on Patient Awareness and Perceptions of Expanded Pharmacy Services in South ��ֱ����.” Poster presented at the American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2021, March 12, 2021.
16. Blanchette, Abigayle, Abigail Sirek, Erin Miller, Aaron Hunt, Sharrel Pinto. “Comparing Practitioner Perspectives in Rural versus Urban Settings.” Poster presented at the American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2021, March 12, 2021.

Presentations – Regional/Local Conference Papers or Posters 

(* = peer-reviewed, italics are student mentees)

1. *Miller, Erin E., Sarah Schweitzer, Alex W. Middendorf, Diedra Van Gilder, James W. Amell, Patricia Ahmed, Stephanie Hanson. “Pharmacist-driven mobile health clinics: a qualitative analysis of logistics for program development, implementation, and operation”. South ��ֱ���� Public Health Association 2025 Research Symposium. Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����, April 15, 2025.
2. *Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin E. Miller, Alex W. Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Jim W. Amell, Stephanie Hanson. “Barriers and facilitators to implementing pharmacist-driven mobile health clinics: Identification of implementation strategies using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research-Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (CFIR-ERIC) matching tool.” South ��ֱ���� Public Health Association 2025 Research Symposium. Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����, April 15, 2025.
3. Miller, Erin E., Shanna O’Connor, Jacob Ford. “Small-scale changes with big benefits: Addressing low course evaluation scores in a single pharmacy management course: Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2025 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 18, 2025.
4. Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin Miller, James Amell, Christopher Robbins, April Nelsen, Stephanie Hanson, Alex Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, Irene Arango Gomez, Sangah Park. “Role of Mobile Pharmacy Services in Facilitating Patient Care in Underserved Populations: Encore Presentation”. SDSU 2025 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 18, 2025.
5. Arango Gomez, Irene, Erin E. Miller, Patricia Ahmed, Sarah Schweitzer, Sangah Park, Irene Arango Gomez, Christopher Robbins. “Improving project implementation and collaboration through university-led grant management: Encore Presentation.” Celebration of Faculty Excellence, South ��ֱ���� State University College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 18, 2025.
6. Ahmed, Trish, Erin E. Miller. “Assessment of Factors Contributing to Self-Stigma Among Substance Users in South ��ֱ����: Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2025 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 18, 2025.
7. Miller, Erin E., Trish Ahmed. “Assessment of Factors Contributing to Self-Stigma Among Substance Users in South ��ֱ����.” Midwest Opioid and Stimulant Conference. Kansas City, Missouri, Sept. 18, 2024.
8. *Miller, Erin E., Patricia Ahmed, Sarah Schweitzer, Sangah Park, Irene Arango Gomez, Christopher Robbins. “Improving project implementation and collaboration through university-led grant management.” South ��ֱ���� Public Health Association 2024 Research Symposium, Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����, April 11, 2024.
9. *Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin E. Miller, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins, Jennifer Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Aaron Hunt. “Perceptions of substance use disorder in rural areas: How the brain disease model impacts public stigma, Encore Presentation.” South ��ֱ���� Public Health Association 2024 Research Symposium, Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����, April 11, 2024.
10. Miller, Erin E., Seth Lewis, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins. “START-SD-OR: Substance Use Disorder Education and Prevention, Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2024 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 20, 2024.
11. Schweitzer, Sarah, Erin Miller, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins, Aaron Hunt. “Public stigma towards substance use disorder: Pilot survey study in South ��ֱ����, Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2024 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 20, 2024.
12. Lewis, Seth, Erin E. Miller, Patricia Ahmed, Christopher Robbins. “START-SD-OR: SUD Education and Prevention.” SDSU 2023 Fall Convocation, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Oct. 23, 2023.
13. Sidney Lee, Tiffany Nguyen, Madison Styles, Shanna O'Connor, Erin Miller. “Encore Presentation: Community Distribution of Naloxone in South ��ֱ����.” SDSU 2023 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 21, 2023.
14. Tiffany Nguyen, Madison Styles, Sidney Lee, Shanna O'Connor, Erin Miller. “Community Distribution of Naloxone in South ��ֱ����.” Legislative Days, Pierre, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 8, 2023.
15. Manuell, Austin, Erin Miller, Abigail Sirek, Sharrel Pinto, Yen-Ming Huang. “Assessing the Impact of an Educational Campaign on Patient Awareness and Perceptions of Expanded Pharmacy Services in South ��ֱ����, Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2022 Celebration of Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 22, 2022.
16. Blanchette, Abigayle, Abigail Sirek, Erin Miller, Aaron Hunt, Sharrel Pinto. “Comparing Practitioner Perspectives in Rural versus Urban Settings, Encore Presentation.” 2021 Fall Convocation Program, South ��ֱ���� State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Oct. 25, 2021.
17. Miller, Erin, Abigail Sirek, Aaron Hunt, Sharrel Pinto. “Comparing Practitioner Perspectives in Rural versus Urban Settings, Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2021 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, March 25, 2021.
18. Miller, Erin, Abigail Sirek, Yen-Ming Huang, Sharrel Pinto. “Assessing the Impact of an Educational Campaign on Patient Awareness and Perceptions of Expanded Pharmacy Services in South ��ֱ����, Encore Presentation.” SDSU 2021 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, March 25, 2021.
19. Miller, Erin, and Sharrel Pinto.  Encore presentation-originally presented at American Pharmacists Association 2019. “Surveying the Landscape: Healthcare Practitioner Views on Statewide Diabetes Management and Prevention Efforts.” SDSU 2020 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South ��ֱ����, Feb. 18, 2020.