Paddy Qiu is a public health researcher and poet.

Their research bridges health equity, systems-thinking, and diasporic poetics. Their work has spanned international and community contexts, from evaluating cervical cancer prevention strategies among HIV-positive women in Bali to exploring how Asian American youth navigated COVID-19 related racism in Kansas. Qiu’s projects often center Asian American identity, queer health, and equity-driven approaches, integrating both quantitative modeling and participatory storytelling.

Their poetry, informed by growing up queer and Chinese American in rural Kansas, traces generational knowledge, diaspora, and the friction between Western orthodoxy and collective insurgency. They are the author of “A.I. Fever,” a collection of poems published in Ghost City Press’s Summer Micro-Chapbook Series in 2024. Their writing has appeared in Modern Language Studies, FOLIO, Zoetic Press, among other publications, having performed at Artspace, NCAAT, and Poetic Underground in Kansas City.

For Qiu, poetry and research remain parallel vessels for amplifying resilience, equity, and community across time and place.