• Ph D, Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, 2025
• Graduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate in Child and Adult Advocacy Studies (CAASt), University of South Dakota, 2021
• Master of Public Health , Master of Public Health (MPH), University of New England, 2016
• BS, Biology , University of Sioux Falls, 2007

• Certified in Public Health (CPH) , National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)
• Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP), Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA)

• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening & Intervention, Health Resources & Services Administration, (2024 - 2029)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Optional Innovation Project, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (2024 - 2025)
• Unite Newborn Screening: Learning Community That Brings Together Dried Bloodspot and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs (UNBS-LC), National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM), (2023 - 2024)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Supplemental Funding for Language Acquisition, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (2023 - 2024)
• Expanding EMS Workforce in Central and Western South Dakota, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), (2022 - 2023)
• South Dakota Disability Cultural Competence Community of Practice Project ECHO, South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH), (2022 - 2023)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Optional Needs Assessment, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (2021 - 2022)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (2020 - 2024)
• Community Innovation Grant Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care: Quality Conversations to Guide End of Life Decisions Project ECHO, Bush Foundation, (2020 - 2023)
• Project SCOPE: Supporting Children of the OPioid Epidemic Project ECHO, (2020 - 2022)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Supplemental Funding Impact of COVID, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (2020 - 2021)
• South Dakota First Responder Automated External Defibrillator Project, Helmsley Charitable Trust, (2019 - 2023)
• Avoid Opioid Project ECHO: Pain Management, Maximizing Rural Telehealth, Stimulant Use, Recovery Resources, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), (2018 - 2021)
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), (2017 - 2020)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Jepperson, Shelby, Puumala, Susan, Abou Samra, Haifa, and . University of South Dakota Evaluation of the Helmsley South Dakota First Responder Automated External Defibrillator Project 2019-2022.
• Jepperson, Shelby, Puumala, Susan, and Abou Samra, Haifa. University of South Dakota Evaluation of the Helmsley South Dakota First Responder Automated External Defibrillator Project 2021.
• Jepperson, Shelby. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Progress Report 2021.
• Blaseg, Nathan A., Williams, Hannah M., Jepperson, Shelby H., and Messersmith, Jessica J.. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Newborn Hearing Screening Programs in Western States. Vol. 6, Iss. 2 Utah: Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, 2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.26077/c3c7-529c)
• Jepperson, Shelby, Puumala, Susan, and Abou Samra, Haifa. University of South Dakota Evaluation of the Helmsley South Dakota First Responder Automated External Defibrillator Project 2020.
• Jepperson, Shelby, and Williams , Hannah. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Progress Report 2020.
• Jepperson, Shelby, Williams, Hannah M., Abou Samra, Haifa, and Messersmith, Jessica. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Final Report 2017-2020.
• Jepperson, Shelby, Puumala, Susan, and Abou Samra, Haifa. University of South Dakota Evaluation of the Helmsley South Dakota First Responder Automated External Defibrillator Project 2019.
• Jepperson, Shelby, Abou Samra, Haifa, and Messersmith, Jessica. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Progress Report 2019.
• Jepperson, Shelby, Abou Samra, Haifa, and Messersmith, Jessica. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Progress Report 2018 .
• Abou Samra, Haifa, Messersmith, Jessica, and Jepperson, Shelby. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Progress Report 2017.
• Abou Samra, Haifa, Messersmith, Jessica, and Jepperson, Shelby. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Final Report 2015-2017.
• Jepperson, Shelby. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Final Report 2020-2024..
• Jepperson, Shelby. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program Progress Report 2022..
• Jepperson, Shelby, and Abou Samra, Haifa. Analysis of Naloxone Administration 2018-2019 Data South Dakota Emergency Medical Services .
• Abou Samra, Haifa, and Jepperson, Shelby. Analysis of Naloxone Administration 2017-2018 Data South Dakota Emergency Medical Services.
• Abou Samra, Haifa, Jepperson, Shelby, and Sean, Pickthorn. Response Times for South Dakota Emergency Medical Services in 2017.

• Early Career Teaching Excellence Award nominee, USD, 2024
• Teaching Sustainability: A Faculty Training Program Summer 2023, USD Department of Sustainability & Environment , 2023
• Course Design Fellowship Summer 2022, USD Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), 2022
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Website of the Year 2022, National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM), 2022
• Sustainability program affiliated faculty member, USD Department of Sustainability & Environment , 2022
• Outstanding Innovation in the Public Health Field for the South Dakota Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (SD EHDI) Collaborative, South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH), 2019

• Jepperson, Shelby, Measuring collaboration to improve coordination of statewide early childhood health initiatives.. Presented at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (October 27, 2024)
• Jepperson, Shelby, and Vargas, Minga, Social Determinants of Health. Presented at the Project ECHO: South Dakota Disability Cultural Competence, Virtual. (August 2024)
• Jepperson, Shelby, Unite Newborn Screening: Lessons Learned from an EHDI and DBS Learning Community. Presented at the Unite Newborn Screening: Lessons Learned from an EHDI and DBS Learning Community (June 05, 2024)
• Jepperson, Shelby, Addressing Barriers to Care in a Rural Setting . Presented at the 2024 Annual EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention) Conference, Denver Colorado. (March 19, 2024)
• Jepperson, Shelby, Public Health as an Ally in Sustainability Education . Presented at the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS) 2023 Conference, Vermillion SD. (September 22, 2023)
• Jepperson, Shelby, Barriers to Audiological Care in South Dakota: 5 Years After Teleaudiology . Presented at the 2023 Annual EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention) Conference, Cincinnati, OH. (March 06, 2023)
• Jepperson, Shelby, Utilization of the Collective Impact Framework to increase support of families of deaf or hard of hearing children in South Dakota . Presented at the 2023 Annual EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention) Conference, Cincinnati, OH. (March 06, 2023)
• Jepperson, Shelby, and Vargas, Minga, Social Determinants of Health. Presented at the Project ECHO: South Dakota Disability Cultural Competence Community of Practice Series (virtual) (February 2023)