Sheridan Whalen Miyamoto is an American forensic nurse practitioner and researcher. She is an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. In August 2020, Miyamoto was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Sheridan Miyamoto
Academic background
EducationBA, psychology, University of California, Davis
MS, nursing, Vanderbilt University
PhD, Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
ThesisRisk factors for serious child maltreatment in families previously investigated by CPS: a case-control study (2014)
Academic work
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University

Early life and education

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Miyamoto completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Davis and her Master's degree at Vanderbilt University.[1] Following her master's degree, Miyamoto worked as a nurse practitioner in emergency response and pediatric sexual assault examiner.[2] She then returned to UC Davis for her Ph.D. in their Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing[1] and accepted a 2013–15 Doris Duke Fellowship.[3]

Career

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While completing her fellowship, Miyamoto met Jennie Noll who directed Pennsylvania State University's (PSU) Network on Child Protection and Well-Being. She was subsequently recruited to become the Network's nursing specialist and charged with developing an undergraduate course for PSU's interdisciplinary minor in Child Maltreatment.[4] As an assistant professor at PSU's College of Nursing, she oversaw the launch of the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Training (SAFE-T) Center, a telehealth program to train rural nurses in assault exams.[5] She also led a one-year project to examine the incident rates and risk factors for commercial sexual exploitation of children in Pennsylvania.[6]

In July 2020, Miyamoto was one of 11 nurse scientists accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. The fellowship program recognized early- to mid-career nursing scholars and innovators with a "high potential to accelerate leadership in nursing research, practice, education, policy and entrepreneurship."[7] The following month, Miyamoto was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "SHERIDAN MIYAMOTO". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Doctoral graduate draws on experience in hopes of preventing severe child abuse". University of California, Davis. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Kelly, John (April 16, 2013). "Doris Duke Foundation Names 15 Child Abuse/Neglect Fellows". The Imprint News. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Penn State Nursing Magazine 2017". Pennsylvania State University. 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Collaborating with statewide experts, building a lifeline for rural nurses". University of California, Davis. Fall 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  6. ^ Auman-Bauer, Kristie (February 1, 2018). "New project to identify risk factors for sexual exploitation of children". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "Miyamoto selected for Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leaders and Innovators Fellowship". Pennsylvania State University. July 7, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  8. ^ "Miyamoto to be inducted as American Academy of Nursing fellow". Pennsylvania State University. August 24, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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