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 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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  • Published on 2/21/2025

    Huezo Garcia M, Parker SE, Ncube CN, Yarrington CD, Werler MM. A Latent Class Analysis of Pre-Pregnancy Multimorbidity Patterns in a Delivery Cohort at a Safety-Net Hospital. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Aug; 34(8):1050-1057. PMID: 39984175.

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  • Published on 11/4/2024

    Lovett SM, Orta OR, Boynton-Jarrett R, Wesselink AK, Ncube CN, Nillni YI, Hatch EE, Wise LA. Childhood adversity and time to pregnancy in a preconception cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1553-1563. PMID: 38794905.

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  • Published on 9/3/2024

    Belanoff C, Black A, Ncube CN, Acevedo-Garcia D, Almeida J. Neighborhood Child Opportunity and Preterm Birth Rates by Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2432766. PMID: 39259538.

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