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December 2025 Updates

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Faculty Scholarship

Publications

  • Neumiller JJ, ElSayed NA. Translating evidence to action to improve care and outcomes in type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Saudi Med J 2025;46(10):1111-1112
  • St. Peter W, Cheng C-H, Sorge L, Pestka D, Umaru O, Dowell H, Dryden K, Neumiller JJ. Assessing readiness for pharmacist-led cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic comprehensive medication management across five health systems. 2025 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual Meeting. Poster #Sun-82. Presented October 19, 2025. Minneapolis, MN.
    • Neumiller JJ, Patel M. Education and training strategies around diabetes technology use for clinicians and staff working in facilities beyond patients’ homes. 6th International Geriatric Diabetes Society (IGDS) Workshop. October 23, 2025. Boston, MA.
  • Herges JR, Neumiller JJ, McCoy RG. Navigating cost and access barriers for medications in the treatment of obesity: a guide for patients and primary care clinicians. Clin Diabetes 2025;43(4):587-596.
    • Yepez, C., McKeirnan, K., Undeberg, M. et al. Evaluating the relationship between primary care provider access and high blood pressure among Hispanic patients: a cross-sectional study. J Health Popul Nutr 44, 402 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-025-01146-0
  • Kahkoska AR, Neumiller JJ, Alexopoulos AS, et al. Challenges and opportunities for improving care for type 1 diabetes in older adulthood. Diabetes Care 2025 Nov 20:dci250078. Online ahead of print.
  • American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee for Diabetes; Bajaj M, McCoy RG, Balapattabi K, Bannuru RR, Bellini NJ, Bennett AK, Beverly EA, Briggs Early K, ChallaSivaKanaka S, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Everett BM, Garg R, Laffel LM, Lal R, Matfin G, Nelson AB, Neumiller JJ, Pandya N, Pekas EJ, Peters AL, Pilla SJ, Romeo GR, Rosas SE, Sadhu AR, Segal AR, Simmons KM, Szmuilowicz ED, ElSayed NA. 9. Pharmacologic approaches to glycemic treatment: Standards of Care in Diabetes – 2026. Diabetes Care 2026;49(Suppl. 1):S183-S215
  • American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee for Diabetes; Bajaj M, McCoy RG, Balapattabi K, Bannuru RR, Bellini NJ, Bennett AK, Beverly EA, Briggs Early K, ChallaSivaKanaka S, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Everett BM, Garg R, Laffel LM, Lal R, Matfin G, Neumiller JJ, Pandya N, Pekas EJ, Peters AL, Pilla SJ, Romeo GR, Rosas SE, Segal AR, Szmuilowicz ED, ElSayed NA. 11. Chronic kidney disease and risk management: Standards of Care in Diabetes – 2026. Diabetes Care 2026;49(Suppl. 1):S246-S260
  • American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee for Diabetes; Bajaj M, McCoy RG, Balapattabi K, Bannuru RR, Bellini NJ, Bennett AK, Beverly EA, Briggs Early K, ChallaSivaKanaka S, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Everett BM, Garg R, Laffel LM, Lal R, Matfin G, Napoli N, Neumiller JJ, Pandya N, Pekas EJ, Peters AL, Pilla SJ, Romeo GR, Rosas SE, Segal AR, Szmuilowicz ED, ElSayed NA. 13. Older adults: Standards of Care in Diabetes – 2026. Diabetes Care 2026;49(Suppl. 1):S277-S296
  • Jennifer D. Robinson, Lindsey E. Dayer, Seth D. Heldenbrand, Kimberly C. McKeirnan, A longitudinal study assessing prevalence of stress in student pharmacists at two programs, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2026, 102551, ISSN 1877-1297, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2025.102551
  • Brand, D.; McKeirnan, K.; Giruzzi, M.; Dang, J. Evaluating the Influenza Vaccination Knowledge Among People Living in a Rural and Medically Underserved Community of Washington State. Vaccines 2025, 13, 1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13121233

Presentations

  • USTUR Director and Professor Sergei Tolmachev, Stacey McComish (Associate in Research, USTUR), and Xirui Liu (Associate in Research, USTUR), attended the 2025 American Public Health Association Meeting & Expo (APHA), November 2 -5, 2025, in Washington D.C. Xirui Liu (Associate in Research presented her work to quantify the impact of death certificate cause-of-death errors on the conclusions of health risk models at the 2025 Annual American Public Health Association Meeting & Expo.
  • Dr. Sergei Tolmachev provided a poster presentation at the 8th International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on October 7-9, 2025.
  • Joshua J. Neumiller. Optimizing outcomes in obesity management: promoting balanced nutrition and supplementation to optimize GLP-1 receptor agonist safety and efficacy. PowerPak Online. September 30, 2025. Available at: https://www.powerpak.com/course/preamble/127024
  • St. Peter W, Cheng C-H, Sorge L, Pestka D, Umaru O, Dowell H, Dryden K, Neumiller JJ. Assessing readiness for pharmacist-led cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic comprehensive medication management across five health systems. 2025 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual Meeting. Poster #Sun-82. Presented October 19, 2025. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Josh Neumiller served as faculty for the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) DiaServ Training Program: “Comprehensive Training of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, and Core Competency Development” and served as lead for the module titled: “Medication Management.”
  • Zehra A, Deng Y, Swarna K, Herrin J, Polley E, Neumiller JJ, Galindo R, Umpierrez G, Ross J, Borah B, Maron B, Mickelson M, McCoy R. Comparative improvement in cardiovascular outcomes of individual SGLT2i drugs in individuals with type 2 diabetes at moderate cardiovascular risk. Abstract 013. Presented at the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) Hypertension 2025 Scientific Sessions. September 5, 2025. Baltimore, MD.
  • Zemke AM, Mayhand K, Alicic RZ, Kornowske LM, Jones CR, Daratha KB, Reynolds C, Nicholas SB, Petousis P, Shpaner L, Neumiller JJ, Norris KC, Bansal N, Tuttle KR. Predicting kidney function decline in American Indian and Alaska Native populations with diabetes. Abstract TH-PO1004. 2025 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week. November 6, 2025. Houston, TX.
  • Neumiller JJ. Use of glucose-lowering therapies in CKD. 2025 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week. November 5, 2025. Houston, TX.
  • Duru OK, Alicic R, Vaduganathan M, St. Peter WL, Roberts GV, Rangaswami J, Nicholas SB, Neumiller JJ, Mathew RO, Gee P, Tuttle KR. A systematic literature review of coordinated care in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic conditions. Mayo Clin Proc Inn Qual Out 2025;9(6):100671.
  • Neumiller JJ, Tuttle KR. Real-world data: Critical evidence to better understanding kidney benefits with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors. Kidney360 2025;6:1840-1842.
  • Meratnia G, Lim J, Neumiller JJ. Update on managing obesity in type 2 diabetes. US Pharmacist 2025;50(11):44-54.
  • “Why Didn’t They See That Coming? Coaching Situational Awareness in Learners.” By: Taylor Bertsch and Rachel Allen – Washington State Pharmacy Association – Annual 2025. (Centralia, WA) A preceptor CE based on Situational Monitoring, a Team Steps model, to build knowledge in individual situational awareness, situational monitoring and team monitoring skills.
  • “Educating Pharmacists for Rural Communities in Washington.”  By: Angie Stewart, Megan Undeberg and Taylor Bertsch Washington State Pharmacy Association – Annual 2025. (Centralia, WA) RHI and Experiential Education teamed up to create a CE around the benefits of creating an experiential rotation in Rural locations and discussing factors that impact rural interest and recruitment.

Service

  • Josh Neumiller served as co-chair for the 2025 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week Early Program titled: “Diabetes Management for the Nephrology Care Team: New Technology and New Drugs.” November 5, 2025. Houston, TX.

Grants & Awards

  • Dr. Darrell Jackson and Dr. Kolter Grigsby were awarded an RA & 10k Seed Grant. Dr. Grigsby delivered a 3-minute public presentation to the review panel, “Investigating the Intersection of Physical Inactivity and Estrogen-Related Neuroprotection in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Using Low Voluntary Running Rats.” Only two individuals were selected for the award.