Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba
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Stephanie A Ettinger De Cuba

Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3024
sedc@bu.edu
Talbot (T Bldg)
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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, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health
  • Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Field of Study: Health Services Research
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: International Health
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BA Field of Study: German Language & Literature

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHPH718

Publications

  • Published on 11/10/2025

    McCann NC, Hsu HE, Ettinger de Cuba S, Frank J, Lange P, Stein MD, Shafer PR. When state Medicaid demonstrations end: projected eligibility loss after a MassHealth housing support program transition. Health Aff Sch. 2025 Nov; 3(11):qxaf213. PMID: 41267910.

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  • Published on 9/22/2025

    Sheward R, Poblacion A, Cooper A, Bruce C, Diamond J, Cullen C, Clay L, Dickens-Bowman I, Ettinger de Cuba S. Changing Diapers, Changing Lives: The Health and Economic Impacts of Diaper Benefits: Key Findings, Conclusion, and Policy Recommendations from the MASSCAP Diaper Distribution Pilot. Children's HealthWatch and MassCAP. 2025.

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  • Published on 8/7/2025

    Austin AE, Ettinger de Cuba S, Maierhofer CN, Naumann RB, Chen M, Anderson KN, Shafer PR. Food insufficiency and difficulty affording expenses after the end of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments in the United States among households with and without children. Prev Med. 2025 Oct; 199:108385. PMID: 40783141.

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  • Published on 7/21/2025

    Cho A, Bhardwaj S, Villareal L, Ettinger de Cuba S, Nsoesie EO. Association Between Racial Equity Plans and Political and Sociodemographic Factors in US Cities. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Jul 21. PMID: 40691742.

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  • Published on 7/1/2025

    Sege RD, Aslam MV, Peterson C, Bethell C, Burstein D, Niolon PH, Jones J, Ettinger de Cuba S, Hannan K, Swedo EA. Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Health and Opportunity Outcomes in 4 US States. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 01; 8(7):e2524435. PMID: 40728788.

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  • Published on 6/2/2025

    Ettinger de Cuba S, Coleman SM, Bovell-Ammon A, Cutts D, Sandel M, Ochoa E, Ruemmele C, Gupta Barnes S, Bruce C, Scully K, Black MM, Frank DA, Lê-Scherban F. Expanded Child Tax Credit, Family Health, and Material Hardships. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 02; 8(6):e2518335. PMID: 40587128.

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  • Published on 4/8/2025

    Joseph PL, Grossman S, Fulks L, Gradus JL, Ettinger de Cuba S. Invited commentary: "Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women". Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 08; 194(4):921-924. PMID: 39191525.

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  • Published on 3/27/2025

    Beverly M, Munn T, Young T, Carroll-Scott A, Kinsey EW, Courts KA, Jannetti M, Ettinger de Cuba S, Lê-Scherban F. Multilevel Factors Influencing Food Purchasing Decisions Among Families With Low Incomes During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Qualitative Study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Oct; 125(10):1542-1556. PMID: 40157499.

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  • Published on 3/11/2025

    Ettinger de Cuba S, Jones DK, Cutts D, Bovell-Ammon A, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa E, Poblacion A, Frank DA, Black MM, Fix GM. "But who takes care of the mom?": The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life. Soc Sci Med. 2025 May; 372:117948. PMID: 40090206.

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  • Published on 1/31/2025

    Poblacion A, Cook JT, Ettinger de Cuba S, Sheward R, Cutts DB. Understanding relationships between food security and education attainment: Simulations of the role of racial, ethnic, and gender inequity. Health Education and Public Health. 2025; 1(8):575-583.

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