Candice Belanoff

Candice Belanoff, ScD, MPH, is a Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist with a particular interest in the relationship of social forces and inequities to patterns of population health. She is currently investigating associations between area-level disadvantage, its distribution by race/ethnicity and the occurrence of preterm birth, low birthweight and other adverse perinatal outcomes. Recent research has also addressed health outcomes related to cesarean delivery; substance use among women of reproductive age; and health outcomes related to assisted reproductive technology. Candice designed and is the founding Director of the Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation (CAPDIE) certificate program, which has over 100 enrolled students (as of 2018). She also teaches several courses at BUSPH, including Perinatal Epidemiology (MC759), Assessment and Planning for Health Promotion (SB820), and Social Justice and the Health of Populations: Racism and other systems of oppression (MC775). Candice has won multiple teaching awards and is known for authentic community engagement and the explicit incorporation of social justice frameworks in her coursework. In addition to everything public health, Candice loves music, yoga, politics, dogs, her family and her friends.