Stephanie A Ettinger De Cuba, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management
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.
Other Positions
- Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Research Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
Education
- Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
- Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BA
Publications
- Published on 1/10/2025
Lê-Scherban F, Coleman SM, Fusfeld Z, Frank DA, Poblacion A, Black MM, Ochoa E, Sandel M, Ettinger de Cuba S. Maternal adverse childhood experiences and lifetime experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with current household hardships and intergenerational health. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Feb; 366:117695. PMID: 39837079.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/16/2024
Parker SE, de Cuba SE. It Does Take a Village! How the Presence of Grandparents Promotes Child Development. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2025 Jan; 39(1):68-69. PMID: 39679799.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/5/2024
Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Black MM, Weijer I, Giudice C, Esteves G, Fabian P, Zanobetti A, Cutts DB, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa ER, Frank DA. Food Insecurity and Weight Faltering: US Multisite Analysis of Young Children's Weight Trajectory. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024 Dec 05. PMID: 39644920.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/3/2024
Ettinger de Cuba S, Ruemmele C, Poblacion A. Crawford FA, Coleman FT, and Wiehe E (Ed.), Contemporary Issues in Equity, Democracy, and Public Education: Perspectives from Education, Social Sciences and Health. “Food as a Basic Right.”. Routledge. 2024; (33).
Read at: Custom - Published on 11/12/2024
Ettinger de Cuba S, Ruemmele C, Poblacion A. Pediatrics leading the way: co-enrollment as the next step in health-related social needs screening and referral. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Feb 01; 37(1):19-26. PMID: 39699097.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/11/2024
Aziz-Bose R, Cernik C, Umaretiya PJ, Ilcisin L, Kelly CA, Valenzuela A, Bruce C, Ettinger de Cuba S, Cole PD, Gennarini LM, Kahn JM, Kelly KM, Michon B, Tran T-H, Welch JJG, Silverman LB, Bona K. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation gaps within a pediatric leukemia clinical trial cohort. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2024.
Read at: Custom - Published on 7/1/2024
Lebrun-Harris LA, Sandel M, Sheward R, Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S. Prevalence and Correlates of Unstable Housing Among US Children. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 178(7):707-717. PMID: 38767882.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2024
Lê-Scherban F, Wang A, Courts KA, Ettinger de Cuba S, Wade R, Chilton M. A Short Adverse Experiences Measure Among Mothers of Young Children. Pediatrics. 2024 Apr 01; 153(4). PMID: 38449423.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2024
Ettinger de Cuba S, Coleman SM. Involving Families in Public Policy Innovation to Reduce Cost-Driven Moves and Related Disruption. Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 01; 153(3). PMID: 38317617.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/31/2024
McCann NC, Dean LT, Bovell-Ammon A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Green T, Shafer PR, Raifman J. Association between Child Tax Credit advance payments and food insufficiency in households experiencing economic shocks. Health Aff Sch. 2024 Feb; 2(2):qxae011. PMID: 38756550.
Read at: PubMed
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