Erin E. Miller

Erin Miller

Interim Center Director, Community Practice Innovation Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Allied and Population Health

Biography

Erin E. Miller completed her Pharm.D. at North Dakota State University. She continued her training by completing a pharmacy residency at the Veterans Affairs Health System in Fargo, North Dakota, and her Master of Business Administration at North Dakota State University.

Following this training, Miller served briefly as an adjunct instructor at Rasmussen College in Moorhead, Minnesota, teaching pharmacology for allied sciences and then joined the Information Technology Department at Sanford Health, where she worked as a clinical informatics pharmacist. After a year at Sanford Health, she moved into a leadership position and held various leadership positions within the department for seven years. During that time, Miller had the opportunity to collaborate with many different departments within Sanford Health including pharmacy, oncology, dialysis, research and genetic medicine, as well as numerous vendors and collaborators. Her focus was on helping departments leverage technology to aid their daily work, improve patient care and promote changes necessary for strategic development.

In January 2020, Miller joined South Dakota State University's College of Pharmacy and Allied Health, where she teaches professional resources management, U.S. health care systems, and complementary and alternative medicine for pharmacy students. She also is a part of the teaching team for integrated lab III, public and population health, pharmacy practice II and pharmacy practice III. In the Master of Public Health program, Miller teaches the applied practice experience series and the integrated learning experience (capstone) course, as well as serving as an adviser and mentor for MPH students.

Her research interests include access to care, substance use disorder services (prevention, treatment and recovery), practice-based research and implementation science, rural health and leadership.

Education

  • Pharm.D. | North Dakota State University
  • MBA | North Dakota State University

Academic and Professional Experience

Academic Responsibilities
  • Courses
    • PHA 727 – Professional Resources Management
    • PHA 724 – U.S. Health Care Systems
    • PHA 754 – Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • PUBH 721-723 – Applied Practice Experience series
    • PUBH 730 – Integrated Learning Experience (Capstone)
  • Miller's Team-taught Courses
    • PHA 368 – Pharmacy Practice II: Drug Information and Communication
    • PHA 467 – Pharmacy Practice III: Research Design and Pharmacoeconomics
    • PHA 726L – Integrated Lab III
  • Miller serves as a faculty adviser for MPH students.
Committees and Professional Memberships
  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy member – Leadership Special Interest Group, Social and Behavioral Sciences Section, and Women Faculty Special Interest Group
  • American Pharmacists Association member
  • South Dakota Opioid Advisory Committee member, spring 2021-present
  • Pharmacy Curricular Progression and Variation Committee member
  • Pharmacy Student Conduct Committee member
  • Department of Allied and Population Health Standards Committee
Work Experience
  • Adjunct instructor, Pharmacology for Allied Sciences – Rasmussen College in Moorhead, Minnesota

Research and Scholarly Work

Areas of Research
  • Access to care
  • Substance use disorders
  • Practice-based research
  • Implementation science
  • Rural health
  • Leadership
Awards and Honors
  • Research Award: College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professionals Researcher of the Year Award 2024
  • Licensed pharmacist in South Dakota, North Dakota 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
Grants

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 Dakota'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.
Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. O’Conner, Shanna K., Miller, Erin E., Schievelbein, Danielle, Zweifel, Alyssa, Amell, James W. 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, Robbins, Christopher, Van Gilder, Deidra, Miller, Erin, Elgersma, Nicholas, Pinto, Sharrel. . JAPhA. Feb. 14, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2025.102359.
  4. Miller, Erin E., Schweitzer, Sarah, Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher, Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Jennifer, Hunt, Aaron. . BMC Public Health. (2024) 24:3531. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20682-8.
  5. Miller, Erin E., O-Connor, Shanna K., Ford, Jacob, Van Klompenburg, Emily, Jensen-Bender, Wendy. . Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. Published online Aug. 12; 16(12):102170. DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102170.
  6. Miller, Erin E., Hunt, Aaron, Blanchette, Abigayle, Sirek, Abigail, Osborn, Madeiline, Pinto, Sharrel. . Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. 2024;15:100490. Published 2024 Aug. 8. DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100490.
  7. Middendorf, Alex, Hunt, Aaron, Vanden Hull, Alexa, Van Gilder, Deidra, Miller, Erin E., Pinto, Sharrel. . INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. June 2024. Vol. 15 No. 3 (2024). DOI: 10.24926/iip.v15i3.5772.
  8. Miller, Erin E., Ball, Jennifer, Emery, Mary, Robbins, Christopher, Daniel, Jeremy, Ahmed, Patricia, Hunt, Aaron. . Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. (2003). Jan.-Feb. 2023; 63(1):366-373. DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.08.029. Epub 2022 Sept. 10. PMID: 36207271.
  9. Pinto, Sharrel, Kotschevar, Christopher, Hunt, Aaron, Middendorf, Alex, Robbins, Christopher, Miller, Erin, Van Gilder, Deidra. . Pharmacy. Dec. 19, 2022.

Invited Book Chapter – Peer Reviewed

  1. Ball, Jennifer, Miller, Erin E. 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., Reddy, Indra K., Ross, Leigh Ann, Austin, Zubin, Eiland, Lea, Prisco, Jennifer. "Communicating with Those in Leadership: Effectively Managing Up." AACP Webinar. April 9, 2024.
  2. Ostebee, Benjamin, Hipple Rosario, Jessie, Dube, Christine A., Miller, Erin E., Dhing, Conrad. “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, Miller, Erin, Traynor, Andrew and Wilkin, Noel E. “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. Miller, Erin E., Seefeldt, Teresa, Rotzenberg, Kate and Porter, Andrea L. “” Webinar, March 10, 2021.

Presentations – Regional/Local Webinars

  1. Patton, Kim, Hunt, Aaron, Miller, Erin, Doran, Ashley, Colwell, Megan and Plimpton, Reid. “Supporting Patients in Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Though Social Services and Telehealth Peer Coaching in Rural South Dakota, Part 4 of the HRSA Telebehavioral Health Webinar Series.” Webinar, July 21, 2021.
  2. Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra and Miller, Erin. “.” Webinar, April 14, 2020.
  3. Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra and Miller, Erin. “.” 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. Daniel, Jeremy, Ball, Jennifer, Miller, Erin. 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, Miller, Erin, Amell, James, Hanson, Stephanie, Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra, Arango Gomez, Irene, Park, Sangah, Fergel, Taryn. “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., Park, Sangah, Miller, Erin, Schweitzer, Sarah, Ahmed, Patricia, Arango Gomez, Irene, Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra, Robbins, Christopher, Nelsen, April, Hanson, Stephanie. “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, Miller, Erin, Cogdill, Cedric. “Assessment of Factors Contributing to Self-Stigma Among Substance Users In South Dakota.” 2025 Medical Student Section Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, March 13-16, 2025.
  4. Schweitzer, Sarah, Miller, Erin, Amell, James, Robbins, Christopher, Nelsen, April, Hanson, Stephanie, Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra, Arango Gomez, Irene, Park, Sangah. “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., O’Connor, Shanna, Ford, Jacob. “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, Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra, Hanson, Stephanie, Miller, Erin. “Improving the Health of South Dakotans 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., Schweitzer, Sarah, Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher, Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Jennifer, Hunt, Aaron. “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, Miller, Erin, Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher, Hunt, Aaron. “Public Stigma Towards Substance Use Disorder (SUD): Pilot Survey Study in South Dakota.” American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 12-15, 2023.
  9. Cogdill, Cedric, Miller, Erin, Hunt, Aaron, Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher. “Self-Stigma Experienced by People Who use Medications for Nonmedical Purposes in Rural South Dakota.” American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 12-15, 2023.
  10. Pinto, Sharrel, Kotschevar, Chris, Hunt, Aaron, Middendorf, Alex, Robbins, Christopher, Miller, Erin, Van Gilder, Deidra. “Impact of a Public Health Awareness Campaign on Patients' Perceptions of Expanded Pharmacy Services in South Dakota using the Theory of Planned Behavior.” American Academy of Health Behavior 2023 Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 12-15, 2023.
  11. Kimball, Jordan, Hunt, Aaron, Middendorf, Alex, Miller, Erin, Van Gilder, Deidra, Robbins, Chris and Pinto, Sharrel. “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, Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra, Robbins, Christopher, Miller, Erin, Elgersma, Nick, Pinto, Sharrel. “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. Shultz, Heidi, Miller, Erin E., Hunt, Aaron, Blanchette, Abigayle, Pinto, Sharrel. “Improving the Health of South Dakotans 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. Sirek, Abigayle, Miller, Erin E., Blanchette, Abigayle, Pinto, Sharrel. “Pharmacists: The Most Accessible yet Underutilized Health Care Practitioners in South Dakota.” American Public Health Association 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 6, 2021.
  15. Sirek, Abigail, Miller, Erin, Huang, Yen-Ming, Pinto, Sharrel. “Assessing the Impacts of an Educational Campaign on Patient Awareness and Perceptions of Expanded Pharmacy Services in South Dakota.” Poster presented at the American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2021, March 12, 2021.
  16. Blanchette, Abigayle, Sirek, Abigail, Miller, Erin, Hunt, Aaron, Pinto, Sharrel. “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., Schweitzer, Sarah, Middendorf, Alex W., Van Gilder, Diedra, Amell, James W., Ahmed, Patricia, Hanson, Stephanie. “Pharmacist-driven mobile health clinics: A qualitative analysis of logistics for program development, implementation, and operation.” South Dakota Public Health Association 2025 Research Symposium. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 15, 2025.
  2. *Schweitzer, Sarah, Miller, Erin E., Middendorf, Alex W., Van Gilder, Deidra, Amell, Jim W., Hanson, Stephanie. “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 Dakota Public Health Association 2025 Research Symposium. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 15, 2025.
  3. Miller, Erin E., O’Connor, Shanna, Ford, Jacob. “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 Dakota, Feb. 18, 2025.
  4. Schweitzer, Sarah, Miller, Erin, Amell, James, Robbins, Christopher, Nelsen, April, Hanson, Stephanie, Middendorf, Alex, Van Gilder, Deidra, Arango Gomez, Irene, Park, Sangah. “Role of mobile pharmacy services in facilitating patient care in underserved populations: Encore presentation.” SDSU 2025 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 18, 2025.
  5. Arango Gomez, Irene, Miller, Erin E., Ahmed, Patricia, Schweitzer, Sarah, Park, Sangah, Arango Gomez, Irene, Robbins, Christopher. “Improving project implementation and collaboration through university-led grant management: Encore presentation.” Celebration of Faculty Excellence, South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 18, 2025.
  6. Ahmed, Trish, Miller, Erin E.. “Assessment of factors contributing to self-stigma among substance users in South Dakota: Encore presentation.” SDSU 2025 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 18, 2025.
  7. Miller, Erin E., Ahmed, Trish. “Assessment of factors contributing to self-stigma among substance users in South Dakota.” Midwest Opioid and Stimulant Conference. Kansas City, Missouri, Sept. 18, 2024.
  8. *Miller, Erin E., Ahmed, Patricia, Schweitzer, Sarah, Park, Sangah, Arango Gomez, Irene, Robbins, Christopher. “Improving project implementation and collaboration through university-led grant management.” South Dakota Public Health Association 2024 Research Symposium, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 11, 2024.
  9. *Schweitzer, Sarah, Miller, Erin E., Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher, Lanzillotta-Rangeley, Jennifer, Hunt, Aaron. “Perceptions of substance use disorder in rural areas: How the brain disease model impacts public stigma, encore presentation.” South Dakota Public Health Association 2024 Research Symposium, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 11, 2024.
  10. Miller, Erin E., Lewis, Seth, Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher. “START-SD-OR: Substance use disorder education and prevention, encore presentation.” SDSU 2024 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 20, 2024.
  11. Schweitzer, Sarah, Miller, Erin, Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher, Hunt, Aaron. “Public stigma towards substance use disorder: Pilot survey study in South Dakota, encore presentation.” SDSU 2024 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 20, 2024.
  12. Lewis, Seth, Miller, Erin E., Ahmed, Patricia, Robbins, Christopher. “START-SD-OR: SUD education and prevention.” SDSU 2023 Fall Convocation, Brookings, South Dakota, Oct. 23, 2023.
  13. Lee, Sidney, Nguyen, Tiffany, Styles, Madison, O'Connor, Shanna, Miller, Erin. “Encore presentation: Community distribution of naloxone in South Dakota.” SDSU 2023 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 21, 2023.
  14. Nguyen, Tiffany, Styles, Madison, Lee, Sidney, O'Connor, Shanna, Miller, Erin. “Community distribution of naloxone in South Dakota.” Legislative Days, Pierre, South Dakota, Feb. 8, 2023.
  15. Manuell, Austin, Miller, Erin, Sirek, Abigail, Pinto, Sharrel, Huang, Yen-Ming. “Assessing the impact of an educational campaign on patient awareness and perceptions of expanded pharmacy services in South Dakota, encore presentation.” SDSU 2022 Celebration of Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 22, 2022.
  16. Blanchette, Abigayle, Sirek, Abigail, Miller, Erin, Hunt, Aaron, Pinto, Sharrel. “Comparing practitioner perspectives in rural versus urban settings, encore presentation.” 2021 Fall Convocation Program, South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Brookings, South Dakota, Oct. 25, 2021.
  17. Miller, Erin, Sirek, Abigail, Hunt, Aaron, Pinto, Sharrel. “Comparing practitioner perspectives in rural versus urban settings, encore presentation.” SDSU 2021 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South Dakota, March 25, 2021.
  18. Miller, Erin, Sirek, Abigail, Huang, Yen-Ming, Pinto, Sharrel. “Assessing the impact of an educational campaign on patient awareness and perceptions of expanded pharmacy services in South Dakota, encore presentation.” SDSU 2021 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South Dakota, March 25, 2021.
  19. Miller, Erin and Pinto, Sharrel. Encore presentation-originally presented at American Pharmacists Association 2019. “Surveying the landscape: Health care practitioner views on statewide diabetes management and prevention efforts.” SDSU 2020 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Brookings, South Dakota, Feb. 18, 2020.
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