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 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 Feb 21. 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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  • Published on 9/1/2024

    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. PMID: 39226509.

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  • Published on 7/1/2024

    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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  • Published on 2/20/2024

    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. PMID: 38373303.

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  • Published on 8/1/2023

    Willis MD, Hill EL, Ncube CN, Campbell EJ, Harris L, Harleman M, Ritz B, Hystad P. Changes in Socioeconomic Disparities for Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy Over a 20-Year Period in Texas. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 01; 6(8):e2328012. PMID: 37566419.

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  • Published on 7/7/2023

    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. PMID: 37005071.

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  • Published on 2/10/2023

    Wise LA, Wang TR, Stanford JB, Wesselink AK, Ncube CN, Rothman KJ, Murray EJ. A randomized trial of web-based fertility-tracking software and fecundability. Fertil Steril. 2023 Jun; 119(6):1045-1056. PMID: 36774978.

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