Michael Joseph Dino

Michael Joseph Dino is the President of the Phi Gamma Chapter (the first and only virtual chapter) of the Sigma International Honor Society in Nursing, and the Director for Research Development and Innovation Center of the Our Lady of Fatima University in Valenzuela City, Philippines. He received his BSN and MA from the Our Lady of Fatima University, and PhD in Development Studies degree at the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. Currently, he is pursuing his second doctoral degree (Nursing) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD.

Michael is an Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) and former member of its Advisory Board in the Asia Pacific Region. He is an alumnus of the ICN’s Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI), Sigma’s Experienced Faculty Leadership Academy (ENFLA), and a participant of the AACN’s GNSA, Digital Innovators program. He is Sigma Nursing’s 2019 Emerging Nurse Researcher awardee, Turnitin’s Academic Integrity Ambassador, and a Philippine National Research Council’s Research and Development (RD) Leader for immersive reality for disaster response program.

Michael is currently leading several projects on Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies for health including humanoid technologies (HT) and robotics in Nursing. For his dissertation, he aims to investigate older adults’ preferences for an ideal HT-enabled Health Enhancing Physical Activity program via mixed reality systems (metaverse) based on several attributes and levels. The study will also examine the impact of an HT-HEPA program on physical performance, cognitive function, and quality of life among young older adults in selected urban ‘senior centers’ in the Philippines. Behavioral intention and models for technology use will also be investigated along with qualitatively exploration of key informants’ experiences in several aspects (acceptability, barriers, and facilitators) of the intervention.