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College Kudos: Presentations and Publications

Kudos 8.25.25

Presentations

Dr. Nancy Allen, Allyson Hughes, Christina Whitehouse, and Joanne Milo gave a presentation titled Leveraging Diabetes Technology to Mitigate Age-Related Complications in Older Adults at the ADCES25 – the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists annual conference – in Phoenix. 

Dr. Nancy Allen, Ana Liquin Hernandez, Dina Drits-Esser, and Dr. Ana Sanchez-Birkhead gave a presentation titled An Acute Care Nursing Diversity Scholars Program for Historically Marginalized Students at the National League for Nursing’sNursing Education Research Conference in Washington D.C. 

Dr. Michelle Litchman was invited to present Improving Diabetes Care Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Populations to the Translational Research and Implementation Science for Nurses (TRAIN) Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 

CON faculty and PhD students presented at the International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science & Practice in Omaha. 

  • Sherry Huang and Alyssa Lark gave a podium presentation titled Navigating the Policy Landscape: A State-by-State Analysis of U.S. Post-Sexual Assault Care. Co-presenters included Christina Presenti, Sam Klein, Mikaela Sacks, and Jessica Draughon Moret.
  • Stephanie St. Clair presented a poster titled Homicide is the Leading Cause of Maternal Death in the United States.
  • Dr. Julie Valentine gave three podium presentations:
    • DNA Essentials for Forensic Nurses: What You Need to Know for Effective Practice. Dr. Leslie Miles was co-presenter.
    • Research on Sexual Assault of Assigned Male at Birth Individuals as Adolescents and Adults.
    • Navigating Vicarious Trauma through Poetry.

Publications

Blanchette JE, Nally LM, Wentzell K, Hughes AS, Allen NA, Litchman ML. Insights on improving health insurance literacy in diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025;110(Supplement_2):S175-S186. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae706

Litchman ML, Miller NA, Lee S, Ihilani Kauwe Tuitama A, Mirus K, Layton R, Layton S, Farovitch L, Allen NA. Development of diabetes education video series in American Sign Language for deaf and hard of hearing populations. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2025;51(2):203-212. https://doi.org/10.1177/26350106251315676

Litchman ML, Mirus K, Farovitch L, Bray A, Allen NA, Elmore C. Diabetes technology accessibility in deaf and hard of hearing people with diabetes. J Diabetes Res. Accepted.

Munshi M, Kahkoska AR, Neumiller JJ, Alexopoulos A-S, Allen NA, Cukierman-Yaffee T, Huang ES, Lee SJ, Lipska KJ, McCarthy LM, Meneilly GS, Pandya N, Prately RE, Rodriguez-Mañas L, Sinclair AJ, Sy SL, Toschi E, Weinstock RS. Realigning diabetes regimens in older adults: a 4S Pathway to guide simplification and deprescribing strategies. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2025;13(5):427-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00372-3