Gaia Pocobelli, PhD
“I provide epidemiological support for KPWHRI research projects in the areas of cancer epidemiology and perinatal epidemiology, with a focus on the risks and benefits of medication use.”
Gaia Pocobelli, PhD
Senior Collaborative Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Gaia.S.Pocobelli@kp.org
206-287-2914
Biography
Gaia Pocobelli, PhD, is passionate about providing rigorous epidemiological support for KPWHRI research projects in the areas of cancer epidemiology and perinatal epidemiology, with a focus on medication safety.
Dr. Pocobelli completed her doctoral work in epidemiology at the University of Washington. Her dissertation research was on menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer mortality. As a doctoral student research associate she worked on a variety of cancer epidemiology studies at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and at Kaiser Permanente Washington with Dr. Jessica Chubak. After her doctoral work, she honed her skills in the area of perinatal epidemiology and medication safety during pregnancy as a National Institutes of Health Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington, working in part with Dr. Sascha Dublin of Kaiser Permanente.
Research interests and experience
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Cancer
Risk factors and survivorship
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Women's Health
Menopausal hormone therapy and perinatal epidemiology
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Medication Use & Patient Safety
Pharmacoepidemiology studies of cancer risk and medication safety in pregnancy
Recent publications
Silver MI, Anderson ML, Beaber EF, Haas JS, Kobrin S, Pocobelli G, Skinner CS, Tiro JA, Kamineni A De-implementation of cervical cancer screening before age 21 2021 Dec;153:106815. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106815. Epub 2021-09-29. PubMed
Pocobelli G, Dublin S, Bobb JF, Albertson-Junkans L, Andrade S, Cheetham TC, Salgado G, Griffin MR, Raebel MA, Smith D, Li DK, Pawloski PA, Toh S, Taylor L, Hua W, Horn P, Trinidad JP, Boudreau DM Prevalence of prescription opioid use during pregnancy in 8?U.S. health plans during 2001-2014 2021 Nov;30(11):1541-1550. doi: 10.1002/pds.5312. Epub 2021-06-24. PubMed
Pocobelli G, Akosile MA, Hansen RN, Eavey J, Wellman RD, Johnson RL, Carls G, Bron M, Dublin S Obstructive sleep apnea and risk of motor vehicle accident 2021 Sep;85:196-203. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.07.019. Epub 2021-07-17. PubMed
Lo Re V, Carbonari DM, Jacob J, Short WR, Leonard CE, Lyons JG, Kennedy A, Damon J, Haug N, Zhou EH, Graham DJ, McMahill-Walraven CN, Parlett LE, Nair V, Selvan M, Zhou Y, Pocobelli G, Maro JC, Nguyen MD Validity of ICD-10-CM Diagnoses to Identify Hospitalizations for Serious Infections Among Patients Treated With Biologic Therapies 2021 Jul;30(7):899-909. doi: 10.1002/pds.5253. Epub 2021-05-03. PubMed
Cheetham TC, Dublin S, Pocobelli G, Bobb JF, Andrade S, Hechter RC, Portugal C, Munis M, Albertson-Junkans L, Salgado G, Wong L, Maarup TJ, Carroll K, Griffin MR, Raebel MA, Smith D, Li DK, Pawloski PA, Toh S, Taylor L, Hua W, Dinatale M, Ceresa C, Trinidad JP, Boudreau DM Validity of diagnosis and procedure codes for identifying neural tube defects in infants 2020 Nov;29(11):1489-1493. doi: 10.1002/pds.5128. Epub 2020-09-15. PubMed
Chen L, Chubak J, Yu O, Pocobelli G, Ziebell RA, Aiello Bowles EJ, Fujii MM, Sterrett AT, Boggs JM, Burnett-Hartman AN, Ritzwoller DP, Hubbard RA, Boudreau DM Changes in use of opioid therapy after colon cancer diagnosis: a population-based study 2019 Dec;30(12):1341-1350. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01236-5. Epub 2019-10-30. PubMed
Check DK, Hutcheson KA, Poisson LM, Pocobelli G, Sakoda LC, Zaveri J, Chang SS, Chubak J Factors associated with employment discontinuation among older and working age survivors of oropharyngeal cancer 2019 Nov;41(11):3948-3959. doi: 10.1002/hed.25943. Epub 2019-09-06. PubMed
Chen L, Pocobelli G, Yu O, Shortreed SM, Osmundson SS, Fuller S, Wartko PD, Mcculloch D, Warwick S, Newton KM, Dublin S Early Pregnancy Hemoglobin A1C and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Population-Based Study 2019 Aug;36(10):1045-1053. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1675619. Epub 2018-11-30. PubMed
Pocobelli G, Ziebell R, Fujii M, Hutcheson KA, Chang S, McClure JB, Chubak J Symptom Burden in Long-Term Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer: Patient-Reported Versus Clinical Data 2019 Jul 10;7(1):25. doi: 10.5334/egems.271. Epub 2019-07-10. PubMed
Pocobelli G, Yu O, Ziebell RA, Aiello Bowles EJ, Fujii MM, Sterrett AT, Boggs JM, Chen L, Boudreau DM, Ritzwoller DP, Hubbard RA, Chubak J Use of antidepressants after colon cancer diagnosis and risk of recurrence 2019 Apr;28(4):750-758. doi: 10.1002/pon.5015. Epub 2019-02-14. PubMed
Research
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medication safety
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