Collette Ncube
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Collette N Ncube, DPH, MS, MPH

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3728
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Biography

Dr. Ncube is a social and perinatal epidemiologist with a research program focused on understanding and addressing the social and structural drivers of racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health. Specifically, her work investigates the role of neighborhoods and the larger social context in producing and perpetuating these disparities over the life course and from one generation to the next. She uses novel methodologies in the operationalization and examination of structural racism.

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, DPH/DrPH Field of Study: Behavior & Health/Community Health Sciences
  • University of Washington, MS Field of Study: Epidemiology/Maternal & Child Health
  • University of Pittsburgh, MPH Field of Study: Health Policy Management
  • Baylor University, BA Field of Study: Economics/Accounting

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Classes Taught

  • SPHEP775
  • SPHMC759

Publications

  • Published on 12/26/2025

    Ncube CN, Jalaleldean B, Barnard-Mayers R, Bruckner TA, Enquobahrie DA. Trends in Singleton Preterm Birth by Race and Ethnicity: Massachusetts 1975-2019. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Dec 26. PMID: 41454107.

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  • Published on 11/12/2025

    Kuriyama AS, Lovett SM, Wesselink AK, Kuan KE, Hoffman MN, Nillni YI, Ncube CN, Wise LA, Boynton-Jarrett R. Childhood adversity and spontaneous abortion in a north American preconception cohort study. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Nov 12. PMID: 41222293.

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  • Published on 10/1/2025

    Cole MB, Lim K, Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, McCloskey L, Ncube C, Patton E, Michals A, Sisson E, Lasser KE. Medicaid Accountable Care Model Designs and Maternal Health Measures. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 01; 8(10):e2536565. PMID: 41060648.

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  • Published on 8/1/2025

    Hoffman MN, Ncube CN, Murray EJ, Krivorotko D, Wesselink AK, Lovett SM, Abrams J, Boynton-Jarrett R, Wise LA. Life Course Financial Hardship and Fecundability in a North American Preconception Cohort Study. Epidemiology. 2025 Nov 01; 36(6):769-780. PMID: 40747909.

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  • Published on 7/1/2025

    Ukah UV, Lovett SM, Boynton-Jarrett R, Abrams J, Wesselink AK, Hoffman MN, Williams DR, Wise LA, Ncube CN. Fecundability in Association With Everyday and Lifetime Discrimination. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 01; 8(7):e2520597. PMID: 40658417.

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  • Published on 6/1/2025

    Wise LA, Hoffman MN, Lovett SM, Geller RJ, Schrager NL, Ukah UV, Wesselink AK, Abrams JA, Boynton-Jarrett R, Kuohung W, Kuriyama AS, Hunt MO, Williams DR, Ncube CN. Racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability: a North American preconception cohort study. Hum Reprod. 2025 Jun 01; 40(6):1183-1194. PMID: 40246287.

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  • Published on 4/11/2025

    Lovett SM, Wise LA, Abrams J, Wesselink AK, Sabbath EL, Geller RJ, Coleman CM, Kuriyama AS, Hoffman MN, Ukah UV, Boynton-Jarrett R, Ncube CN. Experiences of discrimination across the life course among pregnancy planners in the United States and Canada. SSM Popul Health. 2025 Jun; 30:101803. PMID: 40321984.

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  • Published on 4/1/2025

    Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, Lim K, Thompson KD, Ncube CN, Cole MB. Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Perinatal Claims Documentation of Social Risk Factors. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e255999. PMID: 40257795.

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  • Published on 3/31/2025

    Dev S, Griffith J, Ncube C, Patel V, Lincoln A. Impact of treatment attendance on mental health outcomes within task-shared psychological treatments: a causal analysis from the PRIME India study. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2025; 12:e42. PMID: 40303958.

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  • Published on 3/4/2025

    Sims KD, Glymour MM, Ncube CN, Willis MD. Invited commentary: improving spatial exposure data for everyone-life-course social context and ascertaining residential history. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 04; 194(3):573-577. PMID: 39098825.

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