Judy Tupper, DHEd, MCHES, CPPS

Dr. Tupper coordinates the Certificate of Graduate Study in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. She currently teaches quality improvement, patient safety, and health literacy courses in the Graduate Program in Public Health, quality improvement for the graduate nursing degree programs, and health communication in the undergraduate public health program.

Judy is credentialed as both a Master Certified Health Education Specialist and a Certified Professional in Patient Safety. Dr. Tupper founded the annual Maine Patient Safety Academy and has had a long career in applied research at the Catherine Cutler Institute at USM. Her research portfolio has included projects in public health, patient education, patient safety, healthcare workforce education, health literacy, quality improvement, medication management, infection prevention and control, and chronic illness and disability. Committed to life-long learning, Judy takes a particular interest in adult learning, online pedagogy, and workforce training. She works to advance the availability and quality of distance education modalities, and opportunities for inter-professional education and training.

Over the last decade, Dr. Tupper developed key academic and professional collaborations with colleagues in the North Atlantic, including as a founding member of the COIL Thematic Network @UArctic.

In her spare time, she enjoys time spent with her family, exploring historical sites, collecting bits of nature, and walking any beach on any coastline.