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

Corley DA, Jensen CD, Chubak J, Schottinger JE, Halm EA, Udaltsova N, Prospr Precise Consortium Evaluating Different Approaches for Calculating Adenoma Detection Rate: Is Screening Colonoscopy the Gold Standard? 2023 Sep;165(3):784-787.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.05.025. Epub 2023-05-30. PubMed

Nichols HB, Wernli KJ, Chawla N, O'Meara ES, Gray MF, Green LE, Baggett CD, Casperson M, Chao C, Jones SMW, Kirchhoff AC, Kuo TM, Lee C, Malogolowkin M, Quesenberry CP, Ruddy KJ, Wun T, Zebrack B, Chubak J, Hahn EE, Keegan THM, Kushi LH Challenges and Opportunities of Epidemiological Studies to Reduce the Burden of Cancers in Young Adults 2023 Sep;10(3):115-124. doi: 10.1007/s40471-022-00286-9. Epub 2022-03-29. PubMed

Selby K, Sedki M, Levine E, Kamineni A, Green BB, Vachani A, Haas JS, Ritzwoller DP, Croswell JM, Ohikere K, Doria-Rose VP, Rendle KA, Chubak J, Lafata JE, Inadomi J, Corley DA Test performance metrics for breast, cervical, colon and lung cancer screening: a systematic review 2023 Apr 11;115(4):375-384. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djad028. Epub 2023-02-08. PubMed

Del Vecchio NJ, Beaber EF, Garcia MP, Wheeler CM, Kamineni A, Chao C, Chubak J, Corley DA, Owens CL, Winer RL, Pruitt SL, Raine-Bennett T, Feldman S, Silverberg M Provider- and Facility-Level Variation in Pre-Cancerous Cervical Biopsy Diagnoses 2023 Apr;27(2):113-119. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000721. Epub 2023-01-17. PubMed

Chubak J, Pocobelli G, Ziebell RA, Hawkes RJ, Adler A, Bobb JF, Zerr DM Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Animal-Assisted Activities in Pediatric Hospitals 2023 Mar;37(2):173-178. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2022.09.011. Epub 2022-09-30. PubMed

Chao CR, Chubak J, Beaber EF, Kamineni A, Mao C, Silverberg MJ, Tiro JA, Skinner C, Garcia M, Corley DA, Winer RL, Raine-Bennett T, Feldman S, Wheeler CM Gaps in the screening process for women diagnosed with cervical cancer in four diverse US health care settings 2023 Feb;12(3):3705-3717. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5226. Epub 2022-09-15. PubMed

Dalmat RR, Ziebell RA, Kamineni A, Phipps AI, Weiss NS, Breslau ES, Corley DA, Green BB, Halm EA, Levin TR, Schottinger JE, Chubak J Risk of colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer mortality beginning ten years after a negative colonoscopy, among screen-eligible adults 76-85 years old 2023 Jan 9;32(1):37-45. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0581. Epub 2022-09-13. PubMed