Dr. Qinglan Ding

Associate Professor

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Biography

Qinglan "Priscilla" Ding is an Associate Professor at Purdue University’s School of Nursing. Her research focuses on improving cardiovascular health by exploring heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and sleep disorders through longitudinal cohorts and clinical trials. She integrates electronic health records with patient-reported outcomes to create practical risk-stratification decision-support tools for clinical and community settings. Dr. Ding utilizes advanced statistical methods, including mixed-effects survival models and machine learning for risk prediction. Her ongoing projects aim to develop low-cost cardiometabolic screening tools tailored to diverse populations. Throughout her career, she has been awarded several honors, including being named a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing. Dr. Ding maintains a clinical practice as a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. She has an extensive educational background, holding a PhD in Nursing and Health Outcomes from Yale University and has completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Research at the Cleveland Clinic. A dedicated mentor, she guides trainees in nursing, medicine, and engineering.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN

Teaching and conducting research in the field of nursing and healthcare.

Awards

#2025

Distinguished Educator

Courses

NUR 503 - Advanced Health Assessment NUR 507 - Physiologic Concepts in Advanced Practice Nursing NUR 512 - Clinical Application of Pharmacotherapeutics NUR 532 - Acute Illness: Adult Health Practice NUR 542 - Chronic Illness Commonly Recurring Conditions: Adult Health Practice

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
  • Official Transcripts
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • Resume
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • CS Supplementary Form
Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.