Stephanie A. Ettinger de Cuba, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BA, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Pronouns: she/her/hers



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.

Research Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics


Research Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Community Health Sciences




Developing a spatially-Resolved, Multidimensional Dataset in the Children's HealthWatch Multisite Cohort to Address Children's Climate and Environmental Justice
12/01/2023 - 11/30/2026 (Subcontract PI)
New York University, dba NYU Grossman School of Medicine NIH NIEHS
5P2CES033423-03

BMC Career Mobility Pathways and Community Partnerships
09/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation Wagner Foundation


National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility
06/01/2023 - 09/29/2024 (Subcontract PI)
University of Wisconsin, Madison HHS SAMHSA


Mitigating cliff effects in future basic income policies for families with children
08/01/2023 - 07/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute The Dayton Fdn


Early Identification of Rising Risk Families and Parent Guided Team Based Care to Prevent and Mitigate Toxic Street
05/01/2020 - 04/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation JPB Foundation



Support for leveraging health research and pediatric perspectives to advance a permanently expanded and fully inclusive, monthly Child Tax Credit
01/01/2022 - 12/31/2024 (PI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Boston Medical Center - Support to Children's HealthWatch
10/15/2021 - 10/14/2022 (PI)
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

COVID relief and long-term policy change priorities for families with children
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 (PI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Impact of Pending Budget Cuts on the Health & Development of Young Children
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020 (Multi-PI)
PI: Stephanie A. Ettinger de Cuba, PhD
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Advocacy to increase the state EITC in Massachusetts
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020 (PI)
EITC Funders Network

Innovative Renter's Tax Credit for Healthier Families and Stable Communities in Massachusetts
04/30/2018 - 04/30/2019 (PI)
Boston Foundation


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BMC Career Mobility Pathways and Community Partnerships Grant
11/01/2021 - 10/31/2024 (Research Lead)
Wagner Foundation

Early Identification of Rising Risk Families and Parent-Guided Team-Based Care to Prevent and Mitigate Toxic Stress
05/01/2020 - 04/30/2023 (Project Lead)
PI: Megan Sandel, MD
JPB Foundation

Leveraging health research and pediatric perspectives to advance a permanently expanded and fully inclusive, monthly Child Tax Credit
01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022 (PI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Examining the child allowance and child/family economic well-being among families of color
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022 (Project Lead)
PI: Megan Sandel, MD
Boston University Center for Antiracist Research

Federal EITC & CTC Policy Advocacy and Support for Qualitative Study of Immigrant Mothers in Greater Boston
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020 (PI)
Annie E. Casey Foundation


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  1. Lê-Scherban F, Coleman SM, Fusfeld Z, Frank DA, Poblacion A, Black MM, Ochoa E, Sandel M, Ettinger de Cuba S. Maternal adverse childhood experiences and lifetime experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with current household hardships and intergenerational health. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Jan 10; 366:117695.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39837079; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117695;
     
  2. Parker SE, Ettinger de Cuba S. It Does Take a Village! How the Presence of Grandparents Promotes Child Development. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 16.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39679799
     
  3. Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Black MM, Weijer I, Giudice C, Esteves G, Fabian P, Zanobetti A, Cutts DB, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa ER, Frank DA. Food Insecurity and Weight Faltering: US Multisite Analysis of Young Children's Weight Trajectory. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024 Dec 05.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39644920; DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2024.12.004;
     
  4. Ettinger de Cuba S, Ruemmele C, Poblacion A. Crawford FA, Coleman FT, and Wiehe E (Ed.), Contemporary Issues in Equity, Democracy, and Public Education: Perspectives from Education, Social Sciences and Health. “Food as a Basic Right.”. Routledge. 2024; (33). View Publication
  5. Ettinger de Cuba S, Ruemmele C, Poblacion A. Pediatrics leading the way: co-enrollment as the next step in health-related social needs screening and referral. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Feb 01; 37(1):19-26.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39699097
     
  6. Aziz-Bose R, Cernik C, Umaretiya PJ, Ilcisin L, Kelly CA, Valenzuela A, Bruce C, Ettinger de Cuba S, Cole PD, Gennarini LM, Kahn JM, Kelly KM, Michon B, Tran T-H, Welch JJG, Silverman LB, Bona K. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation gaps within a pediatric leukemia clinical trial cohort. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2024. View Publication
  7. Lebrun-Harris LA, Sandel M, Sheward R, Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S. Prevalence and Correlates of Unstable Housing Among US Children. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 178(7):707-717.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38767882; PMCID: PMC11106712; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1159;
     
  8. Lê-Scherban F, Wang A, Courts KA, Ettinger de Cuba S, Wade R, Chilton M. A Short Adverse Experiences Measure Among Mothers of Young Children. Pediatrics. 2024 Apr 01; 153(4). PMID: 38449423
     
  9. Ettinger de Cuba S, Coleman SM. Involving Families in Public Policy Innovation to Reduce Cost-Driven Moves and Related Disruption. Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 01; 153(3). PMID: 38317617; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-063971;
     
  10. McCann NC, Dean LT, Bovell-Ammon A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Green T, Shafer PR, Raifman J. Association between Child Tax Credit advance payments and food insufficiency in households experiencing economic shocks. Health Aff Sch. 2024 Feb; 2(2):qxae011.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38756550; PMCID: PMC10986194; DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxae011;
     
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2011 National Women's Law Center: Progressive Leadership and Advocacy Network (PLAN) Selective Training Institute
2003 Boston University School of Public Health: Rex Fendall Award for Excellence in Public Health Writing
2003 Boston University School of Public Health: Student Speaker, Commencement
2003 Delta Omega
1997 Phi Beta Kappa
1994 Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: Bronson-Thomas Essay Prize

I have not had the traditional path to academia and have navigated a multitude of challenging circumstances to arrive at this point in my career, including juggling a full-time, demanding job as a single parent while pursuing a doctorate. I believe my prior experience in program, policy, and advocacy roles enriches my perspective as an academic. I would love to support students and other faculty, including but not limited to non-traditional and/or first-generation students, those navigating life as an older student, faculty or students with young children, those from immigrant backgrounds, women, and single parents.

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