Dr. Kupershmidt has been an Assistant Professor at USD in the School of Health Sciences (SHS) and Nursing since November 2015. In October 2018, she was appointed chair of the Interprofessional Health and Education Center (IHEC) where she plans, organizes and evaluates student and faculty IPE activities. From June 2020 – June 2021, she held the position as the Interim Program Director for the Ph.D. in Health Sciences program. Her prior qualifications include a professional career that spans from Principal Investigator of a federally funded biomedical research lab, to research administration and private business. The overall goal of her research and scholarship activities at USD are to define and evaluate alternative, complementary and integrative approaches to health care delivery in rural settings through collaborative teams. Her research is aligned with her teaching responsibilities through continuous collaboration with colleagues from other professions represented at IHEC and by numerous community practice partners who are key partners in her ongoing grant efforts.