Stephanie A. Ettinger De Cuba, PhD Research Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health Biography Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, PhD, MPH, is an applied health services researcher with methodological expertise in qualitative, survey, and mixed methods. Her research focuses on children and families, health, the intersections of race/ethnicity and nativity, and the structural and policy factors underpinning these relationships. In particular, her expertise is in health inequities experienced by families with very young children and immigrant families and their children. While her core expertise is in access to basic needs (like food, housing, or energy security) health inequities and social policy, she also has interest in the ways environment (neighborhood characteristics, climate/exposures, built environment) are influenced by policy and how in turn all these influence child and family health, health care utilization, and economic well-being. Dr. Ettinger de Cuba holds co-appointments in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health and in the Department of Pediatrics at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. In addition, she proudly serves as Executive Director of Children’s HealthWatch, headquartered at Boston Medical Center (www.childrenshealthwatch.org). She is part of the Inaugural cohort of faculty affiliates of the Center for Antiracist Research. Dr. Ettinger de Cuba served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia focused on small-scale agriculture and nutrition and hygiene education, especially for mothers and children. She has worked for many years in a variety of program delivery, policy, and advocacy roles. Dr. Ettinger de Cuba received her BA from the University of Michigan in German Language and Literature and her MPH in International Health and PhD in Health Services Research from Boston University School of Public Health. Publications Published 8/7/2025 Austin AE, Ettinger de Cuba S, Maierhofer CN, Naumann RB, Chen M, Anderson KN, Shafer PR. Food insufficiency and difficulty affording expenses after the end of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments in the United States among households with and without children. Prev Med. 2025 Oct; 199:108385. PMID: 40783141. Read at: PubMed Published 7/21/2025 Cho A, Bhardwaj S, Villareal L, Ettinger de Cuba S, Nsoesie EO. Association Between Racial Equity Plans and Political and Sociodemographic Factors in US Cities. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Jul 21. PMID: 40691742. Read at: PubMed Published 7/1/2025 Sege RD, Aslam MV, Peterson C, Bethell C, Burstein D, Niolon PH, Jones J, Ettinger de Cuba S, Hannan K, Swedo EA. Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Health and Opportunity Outcomes in 4 US States. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 01; 8(7):e2524435. PMID: 40728788. Read at: PubMed Published 6/2/2025 Ettinger de Cuba S, Coleman SM, Bovell-Ammon A, Cutts D, Sandel M, Ochoa E, Ruemmele C, Gupta Barnes S, Bruce C, Scully K, Black MM, Frank DA, Lê-Scherban F. Expanded Child Tax Credit, Family Health, and Material Hardships. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 02; 8(6):e2518335. PMID: 40587128. Read at: PubMed Published 4/8/2025 Joseph PL, Grossman S, Fulks L, Gradus JL, Ettinger de Cuba S. Invited commentary: "Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women". Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 08; 194(4):921-924. PMID: 39191525. Read at: PubMed View All 83 Publications: View Full Profile in BUMC Other Positions Research Associate Professor, PediatricsBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Research Associate Professor, Community Health SciencesBoston University School of Public Health Websites BU Profile Children's HealthWatch LinkedIn Twitter ResearchGate Instagram Facebook Education Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Boston University School of Public Health, MPH University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BA View all profiles