Catherine Ling is a nurse scientist, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), and certified nurse educator focusing on improving access to quality, primary care. She works to improve culturally competent care for military families and is actively involved in community based practice and interventions to improve wellness at a local and global level. She is also creating innovative, engaging strategies to prepare Doctor of Nursing Practice students for nurse practitioner roles. She received her BSN from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, her MN from Emory University and her PhD from the Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr Ling is a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nursing. She is currently an Associate Professor and inaugural CNO of Service within the COMPASS Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Community Programs, Innovation, and Scholarship (COMPASS)
Center for Equity in Child and Youth Health and Wellbeing
Center for Global Initiatives