Qing Yang | Scholars@Duke

Qing Yang
Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Qing Yang is Assistant Professor and faculty statistician at Duke School of Nursing. She received her PhD in Biostatistics from University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Yang’s statistical expertise is longitudinal data analysis and time-to-event data analysis. As a biostatistician, she has extensive experience collaborating with researchers in different therapeutic areas, including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and mental health. Her current research interests are intensive longitudinal data analysis that arise from mobile health related researches, and advanced latent variable models that are widely used in symptom science.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2017

Contact Information

307 Trent Dr., Pearson 4130, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
qing.yang@duke.edu (919) 613-9768

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles 2014
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2014 - 2017
- Instructor, Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2014
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Longitudinal method
- Survival analysis and censored data
Research
Selected Grants
- Using digital health to improve diet quality among adults at risk for cardiovasclar disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- Targeting Glutaminase Isoforms for Therapy-Resistant Prostate Cancer awarded by Department of Defense 2019 - 2022
- Advanced symptom burden and quality of life in multiple myeloma patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2021
- Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Multiple Myeloma Patients 2019 - 2021
- Specific and Pervasive Symptoms in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis Using the MURDOCK-MS Dataset: A Secondary Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
- From Episodic to Real-Time Care in Diabetes Self-Management awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Intensive longitudinal data analysis awarded by Center for Nursing Research 2018 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hayat, Matthew J., Vincent S. Staggs, Todd A. Schwartz, Melinda Higgins, Andres Azuero, Chakra Budhathoki, Rameela Chandrasekhar, et al. “Moving nursing beyond p < 0.05..” Research in Nursing & Health 42, no. 4 (August 2019): 244–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21954.
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  - Hayat, Matthew J., Vincent S. Staggs, Todd A. Schwartz, Melinda Higgins, Andres Azuero, Chakra Budhathoki, Rameela Chandrasekhar, et al. “Moving nursing beyond p < .05..” Nursing Outlook, June 28, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.06.010.
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  - Ni, Zhao, Juan He, Ji-Guang Wang, Jiepin Cao, Qing Yang, Bei Wu, and Ryan Jeffrey Shaw. “Chinese Physicians' Perspectives on the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension Guideline: A Mobile App-Based Survey..” High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention : The Official Journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension 26, no. 3 (June 14, 2019): 247–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40292-019-00321-9.
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  - Shaw, Ryan J., Angel Barnes, Dori Steinberg, Jacqueline Vaughn, Anna Diane, Erica Levine, Allison Vorderstrasse, et al. “Enhancing Diabetes Self-Management Through Collection and Visualization of Data From Multiple Mobile Health Technologies: Protocol for a Development and Feasibility Trial..” Jmir Res Protoc 8, no. 6 (June 3, 2019). https://doi.org/10.2196/13517.
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  - Gondwe, Kaboni Whitney, Debra Brandon, Qing Yang, William F. Malcom, Maria J. Small, and Diane Holditch-Davis. “Emotional distress in mothers of early-preterm infants, late-preterm infants, and full-term infants in Malawi..” Nurs Outlook, June 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.05.013.
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  - Wood, Eleanor, Qing Yang, Dori Steinberg, Angel Barnes, Jacqueline Vaughn, Allison Vorderstrasse, Matthew Crowley, et al. “Diabetes Mobile Care: Aggregating and Visualizing Data from Multiple Mobile Health Technologies..” Amia Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc 2019 (2019): 202–11.
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  - Ni, Zhao, Changqing Liu, Bei Wu, Qing Yang, Christian Douglas, and Ryan Jeffrey Shaw. “An mHealth intervention to improve medication adherence among patients with coronary heart disease in China: Development of an intervention..” International Journal of Nursing Sciences 5, no. 4 (October 2018): 322–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.09.003.
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  - Zhang, Xinmiao, Zixiao Li, Xingquan Zhao, Ying Xian, Liping Liu, Chunxue Wang, Chunjuan Wang, et al. “Relationship between hospital performance measures and outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: a prospective cohort study..” Bmj Open 8, no. 7 (August 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020467.
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  - Bettger, Janet Prvu, Vu Q. C. Nguyen, J George Thomas, Tami Guerrier, Qing Yang, Mark A. Hirsch, Terrence Pugh, et al. “Turning Data Into Information: Opportunities to Advance Rehabilitation Quality, Research, and Policy..” Arch Phys Med Rehabil 99, no. 6 (June 2018): 1226–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.12.029.
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  - Yang, Qing, Wing K. Fung, and Gang Li. “Sample size determination for jointly testing a cause-specific hazard and the all-cause hazard in the presence of competing risks..” Statistics in Medicine 37, no. 8 (April 2018): 1389–1401. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.7590.
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  - "Validation of the Chichewa Perinatal PTSD Questionnaire and Chichewa Child Health Worry Scale." International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 9 (January 1, 2018): 42-48. Full Text
  - Kaddoura, Mahmoud A., Elizabeth P. Flint, Olga Van Dyke, Qing Yang, and Li-Chi Chiang. “Academic and Demographic Predictors of NCLEX-RN Pass Rates in First- and Second-Degree Accelerated BSN Programs..” Journal of Professional Nursing : Official Journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 33, no. 3 (May 2017): 229–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2016.09.005.
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  - Gondwe, Kaboni Whitney, Qing Yang, Rosemary White-Traut, and Diane Holditch-Davis. “Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants..” Neonatal Network : Nn 36, no. 2 (March 2017): 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.36.2.77.
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  - Harris, Gabrielle M., Janice Collins-McNeil, Qing Yang, Vu Q. C. Nguyen, Mark A. Hirsch, Charles F. Rhoads, Tami Guerrier, et al. “Depression and Functional Status Among African American Stroke Survivors in Inpatient Rehabilitation..” J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 26, no. 1 (January 2017): 116–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.08.039.
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  - Kaddoura, M. A., O. Van Dyke, and Q. Yang. “Correlation Between Critical Thinking Skills and National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses Success in Accelerated Bachelor Nursing Students.” Teaching and Learning in Nursing 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 3–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2016.08.004.
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  - Li, Zixiao, Chunjuan Wang, Xingquan Zhao, Liping Liu, Chunxue Wang, Hao Li, Haipeng Shen, et al. “Substantial Progress Yet Significant Opportunity for Improvement in Stroke Care in China..” Stroke 47, no. 11 (November 2016): 2843–49. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014143.
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  - Kaddoura, Mahmoud, Olga Van-Dyke, and Qing Yang. “Impact of a concept map teaching approach on nursing students' critical thinking skills..” Nursing & Health Sciences 18, no. 3 (September 2016): 350–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12277.
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  - Li, G., and Q. Yang. “Joint Inference for Competing Risks Survival Data.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 111, no. 515 (July 2, 2016): 1289–1300. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2015.1093942.
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  - Santos, Hudson, Qing Yang, Sharron L. Docherty, Rosemary White-Traut, and Diane Holditch-Davis. “Relationship of Maternal Psychological Distress Classes to Later Mother-Infant Interaction, Home Environment, and Infant Development in Preterm Infants..” Research in Nursing & Health 39, no. 3 (June 2016): 175–86. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21719.
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  - Fongwa, Marie N., Karabi Nandy, Qing Yang, and Ron D. Hays. “The Facilitators of and Barriers to Adherence to Hypertension Treatment Scale..” The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 30, no. 6 (November 2015): 484–90. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000000206.
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  - Sarna, Linda, Stella Aguinaga Bialous, Karabi Nandy, Anna Liza Malazarte Antonio, and Qing Yang. “Changes in smoking prevalences among health care professionals from 2003 to 2010-2011..” Jama 311, no. 2 (January 2014): 197–99. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.284871.
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  - An, Xinming, Qing Yang, and Peter M. Bentler. “A latent factor linear mixed model for high-dimensional longitudinal data analysis..” Statistics in Medicine 32, no. 24 (October 2013): 4229–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.5825.
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  - Sarna, Linda, Stella Aguinaga Bialous, Karabi Nandy, and Qing Yang. “Are quit attempts among U.S. female nurses who smoke different from female smokers in the general population? An analysis of the 2006/2007 tobacco use supplement to the current population survey..” Bmc Women’S Health 12 (January 2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-12-4.
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  - Heilemann, MarySue V., Huibrie C. Pieters, Priscilla Kehoe, and Qing Yang. “Schema therapy, motivational interviewing, and collaborative-mapping as treatment for depression among low income, second generation Latinas..” Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 42, no. 4 (December 2011): 473–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.05.001.
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  - Sarna, Linda, Stella Aguinaga Bialous, Karabi Sinha, Qing Yang, and Mary Ellen Wewers. “Are health care providers still smoking? Data from the 2003 and 2006/2007 Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Surveys..” Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 12, no. 11 (November 2010): 1167–71. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq161.
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  - Liu, J Marc, Qing Yang, Ronald G. Pirrallo, John P. Klein, and Tom P. Aufderheide. “Hospital variability of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival..” Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal of the National Association of Ems Physicians and the National Association of State Ems Directors 12, no. 3 (July 2008): 339–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903120802101330.
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- Conference Papers
  - Pugh, Terrence, Mark A. Hirsch, Vu Q. C. Nguyen, Charles F. Rhoads, Gabrielle M. Harris, Qing Yang, J George Thomas, et al. “Depression Characterization and Race Among Stroke Survivors Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation..” In Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 98:325–30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001037.
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  - Bettger, J Prvu, Q. Yang, J. Chang, J. G. Thomas, T. Guerrier, M. A. Hirsch, T. Pugh, G. Harris, and V. Q. C. Nguyen. “IS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT A CONSIDERATION FOR DISCHARGE HOME AFTER STROKE REHABILITATION?.” In International Journal of Stroke, 13:9–9. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2018.
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  - Liu, Chelsea, Wanying Duan, Liping Liu, Yilong Wang, Yuesong Pan, Xia Meng, Chunjuan Wang, et al. “Rehabilitation Provider Type Influences Functional Outcome and Survival of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Severe Neurological Deficits: Findings From the China National Stroke Registry II.” In Stroke, Vol. 49. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2018.
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  - Zixiao, L., W. Yilong, X. Ying, L. Linzi, Z. Xingquan, B. Xiaolei, L. Liping, et al. “Relationship Between Hospital Process Performance and Mortality Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke.” In Stroke, Vol. 47, 2016.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader. Data+ Project Lead. 2017 2017

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship