Stephanie A. Ettinger De Cuba, PhD

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 young children's and families' health, the intersections of race/ethnicity and nativity, and the structural and policy factors underpinning these relationships, particularly for immigrant families and their children. She also has special 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. Recent work explores extreme heat, energy insecurity (difficulty affording utilities), and impacts on maternal and child health, as well as energy assistance policy's buffering role between heat & energy insecurity and health. Dr. Ettinger de Cuba is a member of the Wellcome Trust funded program, CATCH (Community Adaptations to City Heat (PI: Fabian)) for which she leads the heat policy team.

Dr. Ettinger de Cuba is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management and holds secondary 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).

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.