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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Think
I have been fortunate to engage undergraduate, masters, medical and doctoral students in many of my research projects. Bright and motivated students from across the country. Their interests in health disparities, maternal and infant health, and epidemiology having brought them to my ‘lab’ for a semester-long practicum or years-long research experience. My past and present teams have been diverse with respect to socioeconomic background, race/ethnicity and (dis)ability. I am intentional to ensure the student researchers’ experiences are beneficial both to them and for advancement of the research project. As a social epidemiologist, issues of (in)equity and justice are central to my work. The students I get to work with bring their lived experiences to the work. They ask great questions and when empowered propose very interesting future lines of research.
Teach
In my experience thus far as an academic, I have learned a lot about teaching students of diverse background and training. Students’ prior training in basic sciences, anthropology, English, health sciences, and so on, all make for a more enriching classroom experience and public health professionals with broader perspectives on determinants of population health. It is important to me that my classroom is an environment in which diversity of background, experience and perspectives are valued and shared. As a proponent of team-based learning (TBL), working in teams is a key aspect of my teaching model. One approach I have taken to cultivating an enriched classroom environment, is to be intentional in the composition of the student teams.
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Understanding racial and ethnic disparities in preterm birth: a systems science approach07/19/2021 - 10/31/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Inst on Minority Health and Health Disparities5K01MD013911-05
Listening to Mothers IV: The fourth national survey of the views and experiences of childbearing women and people10/01/2023 - 06/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
National Partnership For Women & Families W.K. Kellogg Fdn
Investigating the likely effect of reparations policies on Black-White disparities in perinatal outcomes06/01/2022 - 03/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College dba Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Robert Wood Johnson
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Cole MB, Kim J, Gordon SH, Lasser KE, Ncube C, Patton E, Deen N, Carey K, Cabral H, Goldman AL, Ogden S, McCloskey L. Massachusetts Medicaid ACO Program May Have Improved Care Use And Quality For Pregnant And Postpartum Enrollees. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Sep; 43(9):1209-1218.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39226509; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00230;
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Sims KD, Glymour MM, Ncube CN, Willis MD. Improving spatial exposure data for everyone - lifecourse social context and ascertaining residential history. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Aug 03.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39098825
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Gailey S, Ncube CN, Sadler RC, Bruckner TA. Neighborhood mobility and racial disparities in preterm birth: A sibling study in California. Health Place. 2024 Sep; 89:103280. PMID: 38954962
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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 May 23.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38794905
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Savitz DA, Wise LA, Bond JC, Hatch EE, Ncube CN, Wesselink AK, Willis MD, Yland JJ, Rothman KJ. Responding to Reviewers and Editors About Statistical Significance Testing. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Mar; 177(3):385-386.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38373303
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Wise LA, Wang TR, Ncube CN, Lovett SM, Abrams J, Boynton-Jarrett R, Koenig MR, Geller RJ, Wesselink AK, Coleman CM, Hatch EE, James-Todd T. Use of Chemical Hair Straighteners and Fecundability in a North American Preconception Cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Jul 07; 192(7):1066-1080.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37005071; PMCID: PMC10505421; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad079;
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Ncube CN, McCormick SM, Badon SE, Riley T, Souter VL. Antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth rates across gestation: a cross-sectional study using the revised foetal death reporting system in the U.S. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Nov 29; 22(1):885. PMID: 36447143; PMCID: PMC9706921; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05185-x;
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Catalano R, Karasek D, Bruckner T, Casey JA, Saxton K, Ncube CN, Shaw GM, Elser H, Gemmill A. African American Unemployment and the Disparity in Periviable Births. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Jun; 9(3):840-848. PMID: 33783756; PMCID: PMC9061667; DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01022-7;
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Akobirshoev I, Mitra M, Parish SL, Moore Simas TA, Dembo R, Ncube CN. Racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes and labour and delivery-related charges among women with intellectual and developmental disabilities. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2019 04; 63(4):313-326. PMID: 30576027; PMCID: PMC7271252; DOI: 10.1111/jir.12577;
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Lin CJ, Nowalk MP, Ncube CN, Aaraj YA, Warshel M, South-Paul JE. Long-term Outcomes for Teen Mothers Who Participated in a Mentoring Program to Prevent Repeat Teen Pregnancy. J Natl Med Assoc. 2019 Jun; 111(3):296-301. PMID: 30449542; DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2018.10.014;
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Ncube CN, Enquobahrie DA, Burke JG, Ye F, Marx J, Albert SM. Racial disparities in the transgenerational transmission of low birthweight risk. Ethn Health. 2019 10; 24(7):829-840. PMID: 28922932; PMCID: PMC6067984; DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1378804;
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Ncube CN, Enquobahrie DA, Burke JG, Ye F, Marx J, Albert SM. Transgenerational Transmission of Preterm Birth Risk: The Role of Race and Generational Socio-Economic Neighborhood Context. Matern Child Health J. 2017 Aug; 21(8):1616-1626. PMID: 28084576; PMCID: PMC5509521; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2251-2;
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Ncube CN, Enquobahrie DA, Gavin AR. Racial Differences in the Association Between Maternal Antenatal Depression and Preterm Birth Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2017 12; 26(12):1312-1318. PMID: 28622475; PMCID: PMC5733649; DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2016.6198;
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Ncube CN, Gavin AR, Williams MA, Qiu C, Sorensen TK, Enquobahrie DA. Sex-specific associations of maternal birthweight with offspring birthweight in the Omega study. Ann Epidemiol. 2017 05; 27(5):308-314.e4. PMID: 28595735; PMCID: PMC5548425; DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.04.006;
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Ncube CN, Mueller BA. Daughters of Mothers Who Smoke: A Population-based Cohort Study of Maternal Prenatal Tobacco use and Subsequent Prenatal Smoking in Offspring. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 01; 31(1):14-20. PMID: 27935093; PMCID: PMC5195902; DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12330;
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Ncube CN, Enquobahrie DA, Albert SM, Herrick AL, Burke JG. Association of neighborhood context with offspring risk of preterm birth and low birthweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies. Soc Sci Med. 2016 Mar; 153:156-64. PMID: 26900890; PMCID: PMC7302006; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.014;
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Dubowitz T, Ncube C, Leuschner K, Tharp-Gilliam S. A natural experiment opportunity in two low-income urban food desert communities: research design, community engagement methods, and baseline results. Health Educ Behav. 2015 Apr; 42(1 Suppl):87S-96S. PMID: 25829122; PMCID: PMC4594943; DOI: 10.1177/1090198115570048;
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Nowalk MP, Clinch CR, Tarn DM, Chang T, Ncube CN, Troy JA, Zimmerman RK. Shots by STFM: value of immunization software to family medicine residency directors: a CERA study. Fam Med. 2012 Nov-Dec; 44(10):716-8. PMID: 23148004
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| Year | Publications |
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| 2012 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 |