Leslie Dubbin, RN, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
[email protected]

Dr. Leslie Dubbin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF. Her current program of research explores the social and health impacts of public housing renovation and redevelopment in San Francisco; intersections of race, culture, place and space on the reproduction of social and health inequalities; the nature of racism and its impact on the illness experiences of African Americans; the dynamics of how social inequalities are transacted in patient-provider interactions and the experiences of those living with chronic illness. Dr. Dubbin is currently exploring the spatial and place dimensions of loneliness and disconnectedness in people living with chronic illness, building off a collaboration with colleagues in Australia from the University of Sydney. She is a 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary Research Fellow. In November, 2024 Dr. Dubbin was inducted as a fellow to the American Academy of Nursing.

Publications: 

Disruption and Improvisation: Experiences of Loneliness for People With Chronic Illness.

Qualitative health research

Cheung MMY, Lewis S, Raja R, Willis K, Dubbin L, Rogers A, Moensted ML, Smith L

There but not really involved: The meanings of loneliness for people with chronic illness.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Lewis S, Willis K, Smith L, Dubbin L, Rogers A, Moensted ML, Smallwood N

Examining the Role Between Social Antecedents and Depression among LGBTQ+ Older Adults Eligible for Low-Income Housing.

OBM Geriatrics

Jalal Uddin, Meredith Greene, Leslie Dubbin, Madeline Deutsch, Jason Flatt

Friendship, connectedness and (in)authenticity for those with chronic illness: Trading in one social gain for another.

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

Maja Lindegaard Moensted, Sophie Lewis, Karen Willis, Leslie Dubbin, Anne Rogers, Lorraine Smith

Building H.O.U.S.E (Healthy Outcomes Using a Supportive Environment): Exploring the Role of Affordable and Inclusive Housing for LGBTQIA+ Older Adults.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Rosenwohl-Mack A, Smith D, Greene M, Skultety K, Deutsch M, Dubbin L, Flatt JD

Managing the "hot spots": Health care, policing, and the governance of poverty in the US.

American ethnologist

Fleming MD, Shim JK, Yen I, Dubbin L, Thompson-Lastad A, Hanssmann C, Burke NJ

Social Literacy: Nurses' Contribution Toward the Co-Production of Self-Management.

Global qualitative nursing research

Dubbin L, Burke N, Fleming M, Thompson-Lastad A, Napoles TM, Yen I, Shim JK

Use of Services by People Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.

Innovation in Aging

Rosenwohl-Mack A, Dubbin L, Chodos A, Dulaney S, Fang ML, Merrilees J, Portacolone E

Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice.

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy

Asimakopoulou K, Hoorens V, Speed E, Coulson NS, Antoniszczak D, Collyer F, Deschrijver E, Dubbin L, Faulks D, Forsyth R, Goltsi V, Harsløf I, Larsen K, Manaras I, Olczak-Kowalczyk D, Willis K, Xenou T, Scambler S

Homeplace: Care and resistance among public housing residents facing mixed-income redevelopment.

The American journal of orthopsychiatry

Hagan MJ, Hall AR, Mamo L, Ramos J, Dubbin L

BUILDING H.O.U.S.E. (HEALTHY OUTCOMES USING A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT) FOR LGBTQ OLDER ADULTS.

Innovation in Aging

Amy Rosenwohl-Mack, Matt Beld, Meredith Greene, Karyn Skultety, Leslie Dubbin, Madeline B Deutsch, Jason D Flatt

USE OF SERVICES BY PEOPLE LIVING ALONE WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

Innovation in Aging

Amy Rosenwohl-Mack, Anna Chodos, Sarah Dulaney, Min-Lin Fang, Jennifer Merrilees, Leslie Dubbin, Elena Portacolone

Perspectives of low-income chronically ill patients on complex care management.

Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare

Mao AY, Willard-Grace R, Dubbin L, Aronson L, Fernandez A, Burke NJ, Finch J, Davis E

In Understanding health inequalities and justice: Bridging perspectives for new conversations. M. Rivkin-Fish, M. Buchbinder, & R. Walker (Eds.)

Cultural health capital: A sociological intervention into patient-centered care and the Affordable Care Act.

Shim, J. K., Chang, J. S., & Dubbin, L.

Cultural health capital and the interactional dynamics of patient-centered care.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Dubbin LA, Chang JS, Shim JK