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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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
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Cancer
Epidemiology; colorectal cancer; medication use; survivorship; recurrence; secondary prevention; quality of life; automated data collection; screening; animal-assisted activities; survivorship
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Health Services & Economics
Screening
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Medication Use & Patient Safety
Cancer risk and use of common medications
Recent publications
Chubak J, Onega T, Zhu W, Buist DSM, Hubbard RA An Electronic Health Record-based Algorithm to Ascertain the Date of Second Breast Cancer Events 2017 Dec;55(12):e81-e87. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000352. PubMed
Green BB, Anderson ML, Cook AJ, Chubak J, Fuller S, Meenan RT, Vernon SW A centralized mailed program with stepped increases of support increases time in compliance with colorectal cancer screening guidelines over 5 years: A randomized trial 2017 Nov 15;123(22):4472-4480. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30908. Epub 2017-07-28. PubMed
Chen L, Chubak J, Boudreau DM, Barlow WE, Weiss NS, Li CI Diabetes treatments and risks of adverse breast cancer outcomes among early stage breast cancer patients: A SEER-Medicare analysis 2017 Sep 21 doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-0687. PubMed
Chubak J, Hawkes R, Dudzik C, Foose-Foster JM, Eaton L, Johnson RH, Macpherson CF Pilot Study of Therapy Dog Visits for Inpatient Youth With Cancer 2017 Sep;34(5):331-341. doi: 10.1177/1043454217712983. Epub 2017-06-14. PubMed
Chen L, Chubak J, Boudreau DM, Barlow WE, Weiss NS, Li CI Use of antihypertensive medications and risk of adverse breast cancer outcomes in a SEER-Medicare population 2017 Aug 14 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0346. PubMed
Hubbard RA, Johnson E, Chubak J, Wernli KJ, Kamineni A, Bogart A, Rutter CM Accounting for misclassification in electronic health records-derived exposures using generalized linear finite mixture models 2017 Jun;17(2):101-112. doi: 10.1007/s10742-016-0149-5. Epub 2016-06-03. PubMed
Hardikar S, Burnett-Hartman AN, Chubak J, Upton MP, Zhu LC, Potter JD, Newcomb PA Reproductive factors and risk of colorectal polyps in a colonoscopy-based study in western Washington State 2017 Mar;28(3):241-246. doi: 10.1007/s10552-017-0866-2. Epub 2017-02-15. PubMed
Research
Study measures risks of screening colonoscopies for older adults
The findings can help guide colorectal cancer screening decisions later in life.
Research
Study sheds light on needs of young people with cancer
Understanding emergency department use among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors can help address care gaps.
Research
Improving cancer prevention and early detection
How KPWHRI is contributing to better cancer screening and better outcomes for patients.
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