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. 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

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

Chubak J, Adler A, Bobb JF, Hawkes RJ, Ziebell RA, Pocobelli G, Ludman EJ, Zerr DM A Randomized Controlled Trial of Animal-assisted Activities for Pediatric Oncology Patients: Psychosocial and Microbial Outcomes 2024 May;38(3):354-364. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.09.010. Epub 2023-11-04. PubMed

Lee JK, Roy A, Jensen CD, Chan JT, Zhao WK, Levin TR, Chubak J, Halm EA, Skinner CS, Schottinger JE, Ghai NR, Burnett-Hartman AN, Kamineni A, Udaltsova N, Corley DA Surveillance Colonoscopy Findings in Older Adults With a History of Colorectal Adenomas 2024 Apr;7(4):e244611. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.4611. Epub 2024-04-01. PubMed

Abrahão R, Brunson A, Ruddy KJ, Li Q, Li J, Ryder MM, Chubak J, Nichols HB, Sauder CAM, Gray MF, Hahn EE, Wun T, Keegan THM Late endocrine diseases in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer in California: a population-based study 2024 Apr;130(7):1166-1175. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02594-x. Epub 2024-02-08. PubMed

Abrahão R, Brunson A, Chubak J, Wernli KJ, Nichols HB, Chao C, Ruddy KJ, Hahn EE, Li Q, Malogolowkin MH, Sauder CAM, Kushi LH, Wun T, Keegan THM Late venous thromboembolism in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer: A population-based study in California 2024 Mar;235:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2024.01.002. Epub 2024-01-15. PubMed

White LL, Burnett-Hartman AN, Ichikawa LE, Goldberg SR, Chubak J, Spencer Feigelson H, Kamineni A SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Related Hospitalization Among Cancer Survivors 2024 Mar;33(3):442-444. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-1303. Epub 2023-12-21. PubMed

Aiello Bowles EJ, Kroenke CH, Chubak J, Bhimani J, O'Connell K, Brandzel S, Valice E, Doud R, Theis MK, Roh JM, Heon N, Persaud S, Griggs JJ, Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Kantor ED Evaluation of algorithms using automated health plan data to identify breast cancer recurrences 2024 Mar;33(3):355-364. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-0782. Epub 2023-12-13. PubMed

Kamineni A, Chubak J, Tiro JA, Alimena S, Lykken JM, Haas JS, Werner C, Kobrin SC, Feldman S Timing of Colposcopy and Risk of Cervical Cancer 2024 Feb; 79(2): 91-93. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0000000000001248. PubMed