Brenda Helen Sheingold, PhD, RN, FNAP

Dr. Brenda Helen Sheingold is the Division Director for the Master of Healthcare Administration at the Department of Health Administration.  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

Select Publications

• 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 and in interprofessional health care teams. Journal of Allied Health, 44(4) 236-243.
• *Note: Recognized Resource Tool - United States National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Resource Center (2016) https://nexusipe.org/informing/resource- center/assessing-performance-and-learning-interprofessional-health-care-teams
• 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.
• Sheingold, B.H., Chapa, D., Ekmekci, O., Emard, E. (2015). Patient centered medical home: creating a blueprint for quality healthcare through illustrative simulation. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 8(1) 55-62.
• Posey, L., Davis, S., Briggs, L., Sheingold, B.H. (2014). Communities of inquiry in online nurse practitioner education. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 10(10) e77-e86.
• Sheingold, B.H., Hahn, J. A., (2014). The evolution of healthcare quality: The journey from 1860 - 1960. International Journal of Africa Nursing Science. Inaugural Issue (1) 18-22.
• Hahn, J.A. & Sheingold, B.H. (2014). Medicaid Expansion: A policy update. Virginia Nurses Today, 22(2), 5-7.
• Sheingold, B.H., Warson, E., Lunsford, B., & Pintz, C. (2014). Using art therapy techniques for team building in distance education doctor of nursing practice student cohorts, Journal of Interprofessional Healthcare, 1(1) Article 4. Inaugural issue.

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

• Fellow, 2016, George Washington University Cross-disciplinary Cooperative
• Research Award, 2014, Sigma Theta Tau – Phi Epsilon Chapter
• Research Award, 2014, Sigma Theta Tau – Phi Epsilon Chapter
• Quality Matters® Certification for NURS: 8405 (George Washington University), 2012, Quality Matters
• Fellow, Category: Distinguished Scholar, 2012, National Academies of Practice
• Excellence in Research Award, 2009, eorge Washington University Nursing Honor Society
• Achieving Service Excellence Award, 2003, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Region (Rockville, MD)
• Nurse of the Year, Category: Leadership, 1997, Nursing Spectrum

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