Associate Professor; Director, Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center
Penn State
University Park, PA
Sheridan Miyamoto, PhD, FNP, RN, FAAN
Sheridan Miyamoto is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing and the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Penn State University and the Director of the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center. Dr. Miyamoto received her Ph.D. in Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis. Miyamoto is the principal investigator of the Pennsylvania Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center, a project funded by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, to enhance access to quality forensic services in underserved communities. Miyamoto’s research interests include the use of telehealth technology to improve sexual assault forensic care in rural communities, the use of technology and innovation to improve patient outcomes, and the identification and prevention of commercial sexual exploitation of children (trafficking) and sexual abuse.
