Brenda Helen Sheingold, PhD, RN, FNAP

 Dr. Brenda Helen Sheingold is the Division Director for the Healthcare Administration Programs at the Department of Health Administration and Policy.  She was awarded a dual-titled PhD from George Mason University (GMU) in Public Policy and Nursing, and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, where she also earned a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Leadership and Change Management. Her undergraduate degree is in Nursing, and she practiced as an Emergency Department nurse for 20 years. Dr. Sheingold helped pioneer the role of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) in Arlington, Virginia to provide medical forensic care to survivors of sexual assault.  

Since Dr. Sheingold accepted a permanent appointment as the Program and Division Director, George Mason’s MHA program has won multiple nationally competitive awards from the Commission on the Accreditation of Health Administration Education (CAHME). The most recent Innovation in Healthcare Administration Education award was conveyed in March 2025.

She joined GMU after serving 10 years as the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) Healthcare Quality degree program at George Washington University and as Founding Faculty for the GW School of Nursing.

Dr. Sheingold has been selected twice as a Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Oxford, England, to study interdisciplinary curriculum development on contemporary antisemitism.

She is an avid fan of Pure Barre, has completed over 2,500 classes—and is still counting . . .

Dr. Sheingold can be contacted by email at bsheingo@gmu.edu

Research

Scholarly Works

Virtual Reality (VR) Custom Case Development

• Cieslowski, B., Sheingold, B. H., Landis, A., Patel, A., & Demarco, J. Interprofessional Error Management and Disclosure (custom VR case).
  Learner population: Interprofessional, Nursing, Healthcare Administration & Policy.
  Production: SimX, San Jose, California. Scheduled for release fall 2025.

High-Fidelity Simulation Custom Case Development

• Sheingold, B. H. Workplace Violence Simulation – Executive Debrief (custom high-fidelity simulation case).
  Learner population: Healthcare Administration.
  Production: George Mason University – CourseMedia (2023).
  HAP Incident Debrief – 20230516 Camera62-Overhead – George Mason CourseMedia.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Davis, S., Sheingold, B., & Zeiger, R. (2016). Developing researcher, educator, provider, and community social capital to teach caregiver care to advanced practice nurses. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6(11), 46–52.
• Ekmekci, O., Sheingold, B. H., Plack, M., LeLacheur, S., Halvaksz, J., Lewis, K., Schlumpf, K., & Greenberg, L. (2015). Assessing performance and learning in interprofessional health care teams. Journal of Allied Health, 44(4), 236–243.
  Recognized Resource Tool—United States National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Resource Center (2016).
• Hofmeyer, A., Sheingold, B. H., & Taylor, R. (2015). Do you understand what I mean? How cognitive interviewing can strengthen valid, reliable study instruments and dissemination products. International Journal of Education Research, 11(4).
• Hofmeyer, A., Sheingold, B. H., Klopper, H., & Warland, J. (2015). Leadership in learning and teaching in higher education: Perspectives of academics in non-formal leadership roles. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 8(3), 181–192.

Book Chapters

• Sheingold, B.H. (2020). Chapter 13: Innovation for the Delivery System of the Future: Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations and Bundled Payment Initiatives. In Nickitas, D., Middaugh, D., & Aries, N. (Eds.). Policy and Politics: For Nurses and Other Health Professionals (3rd ed.). Sudbury: MA: Jones and Bartlett.
• Sheingold, B.H. & Hahn, J.A. (2015). Chapter 10: Innovation for the Delivery System of the Future: Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations. In Nickitas, D., Middaugh, D., & Aries, N. (Eds.). Policy and Politics: For Nurses and Other Health Professionals (2nd ed.). Sudbury: MA: Jones and Bartlett.
• Hahn, J.A. & Sheingold, B.H. (2015). Chapter 14: Private Health Insurance Market. In Nickitas, D., Middaugh, D., & Aries, N. (Eds.). Policy and Politics: For Nurses and Other Health Professionals (2nd ed.). Sudbury: MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Honors and Awards

• The CAHME/George and Regi Herzlinger National Award for Innovation Education
  Funded by: The George and Regi Herzlinger Foundation
  Awarded to: George Mason University, Master’s in Healthcare Management Program
  Date: March 2025
  Amount: $10,000
  Role: Author
  
  
• The CAHME/Canon Solutions America Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education
  Funded by: Canon Solutions America
  Awarded to: George Mason University, Master’s in Healthcare Management Program
  Date: March 2023
  Amount: $5,000
  Role: Author
  
  
• Association for University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Annual Meeting – Conference Poster Award, 3rd Place
  The Calling: Humanizing Healthcare Administration for Incarcerated Persons
  Columbus, Ohio, June 17–19, 2025
  (Sheingold, B. H.)

Degrees

• PhD, Nursing - Public Policy, George Mason University
• MS, Organizational Development, Johns Hopkins University
• Graduate Certificate, Change Management, Johns Hopkins University
• BS, Nursing, George Mason University