Jessica Chubak, PhD

“My research focuses on improving cancer control by finding effective ways to get screened for cancer and to navigate treatment and survivorship.”

Jessica Chubak, PhD

Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Jessica.Chubak@kp.org
206-287-2556
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Curriculum vitae (CV)

Biography

Jessica Chubak, PhD, is an epidemiologist who works to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, control, and survivorship. Dr. Chubak’s methodological research focuses on the use of administrative and electronic health record data in epidemiologic and health services studies.

Dr. Chubak joined KPWHRI in 2007, bringing expertise in epidemiologic methods, pharmacoepidemiology, and cancer. Awarded a Fulbright graduate student grant, she pursued her master's degree in bioethics and health law in New Zealand before completing her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Washington (UW). Dr. Chubak is an affiliate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UW School of Public Health, where she enjoys teaching and working with students.

Research interests and experience

Cancer

Epidemiology; colorectal cancer; medication use; survivorship; recurrence; secondary prevention; quality of life; automated data collection; screening; animal-assisted activities; survivorship
Health Services & Economics

Screening
Medication Use & Patient Safety

Cancer risk and use of common medications

Recent publications

Clark CR, Lykken JM, Chen PM, Haas JS, Feldman S, Ahn C, Gu CA, Kobrin S, Silver MI, Atlas SJ, Chubak J, Tiro JA Barriers to the Equitable Implementation of Risk-Based Cervical Cancer Management Guidelines 2026 Feb;41(3):759-766 doi:10.1007/s11606-025-09611-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09611-6. Epub 2025-05-30. PubMed

Brunson A, Wun T, Abrahão R, Quesenberry CP, Chubak J, Ruddy KJ, Chao CR, Hahn EE, Sauder CAM, Nichols HB, Kushi LH, Keegan THM Metastatic Recurrence Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer 2026 Jan;12(1):75-83 doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.4971. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.4971. Epub 2025-11-26. PubMed

Haas JS, Todd KW, Mclerran D, Tiro JA, Vachani A, Kobrin S, Saia C, Sugg Skinner C, Zheng Y, Chubak J, Corley DA, Greenlee RT, Halm EA, Li CI Gaps in care across the cancer screening continuum for cervical, colorectal and lung cancer 2025 Dec;117(12):2556-2570 doi:10.1093/jnci/djaf248. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf248. Epub 2025-09-10. PubMed

Ou JY, Keegan T, Li QW, Kaddas HK, Abrahão R, Brunson A, Sauder CAM, Chubak J, Kushi LH, Hahn EE, Chao C, Nichols HB, Kirchhoff AC Identifying Patterns of Late Effects With Latent Class Analysis Among Adolescent and Young Adult Thyroid Cancer Survivors in California and Utah 2025 Dec;14(23):e71316. doi: 10.1002/cam4.71316. PubMed

Parker K, Heneghan MB, Li QW, Brunson A, Ou J, Kaddas HK, Abrahão R, Chubak J, Wernli KJ, Zebrack B, Hahn EE, Kushi LH, Nichols HB, Keegan T, Kirchhoff AC Identifying clustering in patterns of late effects among survivors of adolescent and young adult hodgkin lymphoma 2025 Nov 3;9(6) doi:10.1093/jncics/pkaf094. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkaf094. Epub 2025-10-01. PubMed

Pocobelli G, Lykken J, Haas JS, Tiro J, Doria-Rose VP, Hyun N, Silver MI, Kamineni A, Chubak J Positive predictive value of cervical cancer screening results recommended for colposcopy by human papillomavirus vaccination status at 3 U.S. healthcare systems 2025 Nov;36(11):1549-1561 doi:10.1007/s10552-025-02039-7. doi: 10.1007/s10552-025-02039-7. Epub 2025-08-06. PubMed

Keegan THM, Abrahão R, Chubak J, Sauder CAM, Ruddy KJ, Quesenberry C, Li Q, Haupt EC, Laurent CA, Brunson AM, Casperson M, Chao C, Smitherman AB, Nichols HB, Kirchhoff AC, Kushi LH, Hahn EE Incidence of chronic medical conditions among survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer compared to a population without cancer 2025 Oct 15;131(20):e70125. doi: 10.1002/cncr.70125. PubMed