Xin (David) Ding is a Dean’s Research Professor at the Department of Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business School. His research examines the demand-supply relationship in the healthcare context. His ongoing work examines how healthcare organizations develop operational excellence through service design, workflow optimization, and data analytics in competitive markets.

Through working with national/state health agencies and hospital systems, Dr. Ding has published his research in leading academic journals including the Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Service Research, Industrial Marketing Management, and Service Industries Journal, among others. His research receives support from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (PI), National Sciences Foundation (consultant), and Project Management Institute. David serves as an academic scholar with Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Operations Management and the Decision Sciences Journal.

Dr. Ding had taught subjects in healthcare services management, operations analysis, project management, and healthcare analytics in online, offline, and hybrid formats to students in specialty master, MBA, and undergraduate programs. He also taught multivariate analysis and empirical research methods to Ph.D. students and business intelligence to DBA students.

His research, teaching, and service have also been recognized by Dean’s Meritorious Research Award, NJ Bright Idea Award, Junior Faculty Research Award, Decision Sciences Institute Best Paper Award, University Teaching Award, Susan McFarland Award from Healthcare Data and Analytics Association, and Decision Sciences Best Reviewer Award, etc. He also provided consulting and training to leading hospitals, medical centers, and healthcare services organizations in NJ and NY.

In his role as the vice department chair, he is responsible for scheduling and coordinating department-level courses, providing supervision, advice, and training for new faculty members, working with specialized graduate program directors on relevant teaching assignments, and conforming teaching assignments to AACSB standards. As the program director and academic coordinator for the MBA-SCM concentration, he is also responsible for supervising MBA students and resolve student complaints, maintaining major rankings (US News & Gartner), and reviewing and updating the program website and brochure.