Jessica Chubak, PhD

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“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

Biography

Jessica Chubak, PhD, is an epidemiologist who works to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, control, and survivorship. She contributes to several national collaborations that are finding practical, efficient, effective ways to screen for cancer, especially colorectal cancer. She also studies how common medications affect cancer risk and recurrence. Intrigued by how pets positively affect health, Dr. Chubak is studying animal-assisted activities in clinics and hospitals where children get treated for cancer. 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, Dr. Chubak 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 associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UW School of Public Health, where she enjoys guest-lecturing and getting to work with students.

Research interests and experience

 

Recent publications

Chubak J, Hubbard R. Defining and measuring adherence to cancer screening. J Med Screen. 2016 Mar 4. pii: 0969141316630766. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Hubbard RA, Ripping TM, Chubak J, Broeders MJ, Miglioretti DL. Statistical methods for estimating the cumulative risk of screening mammography outcomes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Mar;25(3):513-20. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0824. Epub 2015 Dec 31. PubMed

Chubak J, Garcia MP, Burnett-Hartman AN, Zheng Y, Corley DA, Halm EA, Singal AG, Klabunde CN, Doubeni CA, Kamineni A, Levin TR, Schottinger JE, Green BB, Quinn VP, Rutter CM; PROSPR consortium. Time to colonoscopy after positive fecal blood test in four US healthcare systems. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Feb;25(2):344-50. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0470.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Feb 3. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed

Chubak J, Hawkes R. Animal-assisted activities in pediatric oncology: results from a survey of top-ranked pediatric oncology hospitals. J J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2016 Jul;33(4):289-96. doi: 10.1177/1043454215614961. Epub 2015 Nov 20.

Kroenke CH, Chubak J, Johnson L, Castillo A, Weltzien E, Caan BJ. Enhancing breast cancer recurrence algorithms through selective use of medical record data. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 Nov 18;108(3). pii: djv336. Print 2016 Mar.

Chubak J, Bowles EJ, Yu O, Buist DS, Fujii M, Boudreau DM. Breast cancer recurrence in relation in antidepressant use. Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print].

Green BB, Anderson ML, Chubak J, Fuller S, Meenan RT, Vernon SW. Impact of continued mailed fecal tests in the patient-centered medical home: year 3 of the systems of support to increase colon cancer screening and follow-up randomized trial. Cancer. 2016 Jan 15;122(2):312-21. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29734. Epub 2015 Oct 21. PubMed

 

Research

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Improving cancer prevention and early detection

How KPWHRI is contributing to better cancer screening and better outcomes for patients.

Research

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How did the pandemic impact hospital visits with animals?

Top pediatric oncology hospitals reported lasting changes to programs involving visits with animals.

Healthy findings blog

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Improving reporting of cancer screening harms

Aruna Kamineni, PhD, MPH, discusses her recent study on how guidelines report screening risks.