Introduction

Shoko Miyakawa is a researcher specializing in the application of ICT in nursing and disaster prevention. She focuses on the use of ICT for disaster victim support, strengthening the sharing of health, medical, and welfare information during disasters, the use of custom medical devices using digital fabrication, and the development of nursing education simulators using soft robot technology. She is also conducting research on the application of AI to nursing.

■Nursing Care Tools and Methods
・Research Objective: Proposal of an evaluation method for care tools tailored to individual needs based on nursing care.
- Title: Deployment of 3D Printing Technology in Nursing Care, MIYAGAWA Shoko （Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering） 90 （ 6 ） 446-449 Jun. 2024
・Research Objective: To analyze the current utilization of digital fabrication in the field of care and introduce the 'FabNurse' project as a practical example.
- Title: Deployment of 3D Printing Technology in Nursing Care, MIYAGAWA Shoko （Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering） 90 （ 6 ） 446-449 Jun. 2024
■Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Healthcare and Disaster Risk Reduction
・Research Objective: Proposal and evaluation of a communication model to facilitate information sharing in small communities focused on in-house care.
- Title: Deployment of 3D Printing Technology in Nursing Care, MIYAGAWA Shoko （Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering） 90 （ 6 ） 446-449 Jun. 2024
・Research Objective: To identify the system and operational requirements for establishing an ICT environment necessary for promoting a disaster management-public health platform in Nepal and to obtain basic information for developing a system that enables timely health risk surveys by health professionals in disaster-affected areas.
- Title: Deployment of 3D Printing Technology in Nursing Care, MIYAGAWA Shoko （Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering） 90 （ 6 ） 446-449 Jun. 2024
■3D Printing and Fabrication in Healthcare
・Research Objective: To apply 3D scanning, programmable modeling, 3D printing technology, and bio-compatible filament to design and fabricate custom-fit respirators for healthcare workers, improving fit testing results.
- Title: Applying the Programmable Modeling Tool to Support the Hospital Infection Control Staff in Customizing the Filtering Face-Piece Respirators for Health Care Worker, Li Jianyou, Tanaka Hiroya, Miyagawa Shoko （Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing） 270-279
・Research Objective: To develop personalized everyday objects using 3D printing and IoT technology from a nursing and healthcare perspective.
- Title: 3D printing and IoT for personalized everyday objects in nursing and healthcare, Asano Yoshihiro, Tanaka Hiroya, Miyagawa Shoko, Yoshioka Junki （SPIE Proceedings） 10167 101670A Apr. 2017
■Social Media and Communication in Science
・Research Objective: To examine Twitter utilization in scientific peer review on STAP cells misconduct.
- Title: Scientific Misconduct and Social Media: Role of Twitter in the Stimulus Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency Cells Scandal, Sugawara Yuya, Tanimoto Tetsuya, Miyagawa Shoko, Murakami Masayasu, Tsuya Atsushi, Tanaka Atsushi, Kami Masahiro, Narimatsu Hiroto （Journal of Medical Internet Research） 19 （ 2 ） e57 Feb. 2017
■Disaster Preparedness and Response
・Research Objective: To establish a method for evaluating the possibility of pregnant women evacuating to tsunami evacuation buildings in coastal areas affected by tsunami.
- Title: A Simulation Model of Escapable and Non-Escapable Areas from Which Pregnant Women Can Reach Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: The Case in 110 Elementary School Districts in Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan, Miyagawa Shoko, Hattori Ritsuko, Hattori Kanetoshi （Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness） 17
・Research Objective: To simulate and estimate the number of pregnant women potentially left behind in tsunami-predicted areas of Nagoya City for improved rescue planning.
- Title: Estimation of Pregnant Women Possibly Left Behind in Tsunami Predicted Areas of Nagoya City: A Simulation for Rescue Planning, Hattori Ritsuko, Miyagawa Shoko, Hattori Kanetoshi （Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness） 15 （ 3 ） 325-332 Jun. 2021
・Research Objective: To propose styles of information support to eliminate irregularities and omissions in disaster support activities by Japanese information volunteers.
- Title: Sharing Information to Eliminate Support Irregularities and Omissions: - Cases from Disaster Information Supporters in Japan -, Sato Dai, Miyagawa Shoko, Hatayama Michinori, Kayama Yoichi, Sone Hideaki （2019 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM)） 1-6 Dec. 2019
■Soft Robotics in Healthcare
・Research Objective: Development of a soft robot with pressure ulcer prevention functions.
- Title: Development of a Soft Robot with Pressure Ulcer Prevention Functions, Miyagawa Shoko, Yuasa Ryohei, Nabae Hiroyuki, Furukawa Hidemitsu, Kawakami Masaru, , , , （Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics） 34 （ 2 ） 294-297 Apr. 2022
■Education in Anatomy and Physiology
・Research Objective: To clarify the difficulties and innovations in anatomy and physiology education from the perspective of faculty members in charge of anatomy and physiology education in Japanese nursing universities.
- Title: Difficulties and innovations in teaching anatomy and physiology in nursing, Satoh Miho, Fujimura Akiko, Miyagawa Shoko （Nurse Education in Practice） 67 103551 Feb. 2023
■Online Health Promotion Program
・Research Objective: To clarify the effect of an e-health community health promotion program, which consists of both an online diet record system and offline health activities, on self-rated achievement.
- Title: Evaluation of a Community-based Health Promotion Program with Online Off-line Combination: The Effect of an Online Diet Record System on Self-rated Achievement, Miyagawa Shoko, Oguma Yuko, Ohgi Yuji （Procedia Computer Science） 100 768-775

Areas of Research

・Research on the Utilization of IT in Disaster Response
・Regional Healthcare Visualization Project
・Nursing x Fab: Application of Digital Fabrication Technology to Nursing
・Ihealth Promotion through the Internet
・Health Science

Social Contributions

・Enhancement of Personalized Healthcare
・Advancement in Disaster Management
・Improvement of Community Care Services