Pharmacy Practice & Science Department Highlights: June 2025
Publications
Edwards CJ, Cornelison B, Erstad BL. Comparison of a generative large language model to pharmacy student performance on therapeutics examinations. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2025 May 22;17(9):102394. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2025.102394. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40409210.
Nix DE, Sime F, Roberts JA. Correction of posaconazole concentrations for hypoalbuminemia. Pharmacother. 2025; https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.70021
Tsai S, Wayne A, Erstad BL, Nix DE. Evaluation of clinical factors associated with discordant estimated glomerular filtration rate values determined from creatinine vs cystatin C. Am J Health-system Pharm. 2025: (ahead of print) https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf097
Nix DE, Hoover S, Hanan N, Galgiani JN. Pharmacokinetics of nikkomycin Z following multiple doses in healthy subjects. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025; accepted
Quirk, G. E., Schoenle, M. V., Peyton, K. L., Uhrlaub, J. L., Lau, B., Liang, C. Y., ... & Bhattacharya, D. (2025). Intrinsic immunogenicity is a major determinant of type-specific responses in SARS-CoV-2 infections. Nature Immunology, 1-8.
Liang, J., Hussainy, S., Lee, S.M., Wu, G., Bautista, N., Ding, M., Wang, H., LaFleur, B., Perry, G., Wang, X. and Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), 2025. Association of Polygenic Risk Score for 5 Diseases With Alzheimer Disease Progression, Biomarkers, and Amyloid Deposition. Neurology, 104(4), p.e210250.
Runyon, J., Dehghan Rouzi, M., Lee, M., Babbitt, C., Tano, D. W., Cochenour, D., ... & LaFleur, B. J. (2025). Decoding Precision Aging: The Intersection of Cognitive Decline, Frailty, and Hormonal Biomarkers. Gerontology.
Najafi, B., Lee, M., Dehghan Rouzi, M., Runyon, J., Sternberg, E. M., & LaFleur, B. J. (2025). A 20-Second Video-Based Assessment of Cognitive Frailty: Results from a Cohort Study within the Precision Aging Network. Gerontology.
Campbell AM, Antwi PB, Davis LE, Warholak TL. Fixed, systematically formed versus continuously changing random team assignments and outcomes in a therapeutics course. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2025;89(3):101370.
Noureldin M, Coe AB, DeLellis T, Clifford KM, Freire-Cobo C, Reilly M, Campbell AM, Nagy MW, Adeoye-Olatunda OA, Sharma M, Sadowski SA. The state of the academic pharmacy workforce specializing in geriatrics. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education. Published online February 19, 2025:1-16.
Abraham I, MacDonald K. Biosimilars, biobetters, and bioparallels: the evolving landscape of biologics. JAMA Dermatology 2025;161:355-357.
Abraham I, Gregg M. 2024 in review: high impact articles from the Journal of Medical Economics. Journal of Medical Economics 2025;28:221-223.
Presentations
AzPA annual meeting: Presenting on acute and chronic pain challenges
Promotions
Director of the Rural Health Professions program
Grants
$5,000 University of Arizona Research Leadership Institute Capacity Building Grant (to attend the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference in-person and the POD Network virtually)