• Co-Investigator, Center on Social Disparities in Health
• Faculty member, Center on Health and Community

• PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
• CDC Fellow, National Center for Health Statistics

• Social disparities in health: Applying epidemiological methods in order to better understand social disparities in health, particularly those relating to socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health in the U.S.
• Neighborhood context and health: Specific concerns include investigating how neighborhood environments (e.g., residential segregation, availability of goods and services) may explain social disparities in health using contextual analytic methods for the purpose of informing policy.
• Measurement of socioeconomic status/position: Expertise in the conceptualization and measurement of socioeconomic status/position and how that conceptualization and measurement affects the interpretation of racial/ethnic disparities in health.

• Braveman PA, Cubbin C, Egerter S, Chideya S, Marchi KS, Posner S, Metzler M. Socioeconomic Status in Health Research: One Size Does Not Fit All. JAMA. 294:2879-2888, 2005.
• Cubbin C, Santelli J, Brindis C, Braveman PA. Neighborhood context and sexual behaviors among adolescents: findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 37:125-134, 2005.
• Cubbin C, Winkleby MA. A multilevel analysis examining the influence of neighborhood-level deprivation on health knowledge, behavior changes, and risk of coronary heart disease: findings from four cities in northern California . American Journal of Epidemiology. 162:559-568, 2005.
• Cubbin C, LeClere FB, Smith GS. Socioeconomic status and fatal injuries: individual and neighborhood determinants. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 54:517-524, 2000.
• Cubbin C, Pickle LW, Fingerhut LA. Social Context and the Geographic Patterns of Homicide in Black and White Males in the UniteAugust 27, 2007li>

Department of Family and Community Medicine
Parnassus Heights
Box 0900
500 Parnassus Avenue, MU3E
San Francisco, CA 94143-0900

ph 415-502-8565

cubbinc@fcm.ucsf.edu