Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD
Assistant Investigator
Group Health Physician, Primary Care
206-287-2870
dublin.s@ghc.org
Recent publications
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Research interests and experience
- Aging & geriatrics: quality of care; prevention of cardiovascular disease; use of preventive medications; age-related disease and disability
- Cardiovascular health: epidemiology
- Immunization & infectious diseases: pneumonia
- Medication use & patient safety: drug safety in the elderly
Sascha Dublin's main interest is in studying drug safety in the elderly using observational data. She is currently conducting research to examine possible associations between medication use and pneumonia risk in the elderly. She seeks to improve the methods used to study drug safety in the elderly by exploring bias that may arise when observational studies do not take into account coexisting illnesses and functional and cognitive status. Her interests include epidemiologic methods, such as case-control studies and techniques to measure and control for potential confounding factors.
Dr. Dublin collaborates with the Group Health Research Institute's (GHRI) aging and immunization research teams, and her experience includes work with the Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, a joint division of GHRI and the University of Washington. She holds a five-year Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research. She is also a board-certified general internist who sees patients one day a week in primary care at Group Health. Her clinical interests include women's health, evidence-based medicine, and safe medication prescribing in the elderly.
Recent publications
Jensen PN, Johnson K, Floyd J, Heckbert SR, Carnahan R, Dublin S. A systematic review of validated methods for identifying atrial fibrillation using administrative data. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2012 Jan;21 Suppl 1:141-7. doi: 10.1002/pds.2317. PubMed
Habel LA, Cooper WO, Sox CM, Chan KA, Fireman BH, Arbogast PG, Cheetham TC, Quinn VP, Dublin S, Boudreau DM, Andrade SE, Pawloski PA, Raebel MA, Smith DH, Achacoso N, Uratsu C, Go AS, Sidney S, Nguyen-Huynh MN, Ray WA, Selby JV. ADHD medications and risk of serious cardiovascular events in young and middle-aged adults. JAMA. 2011; 306(24):doi:10.1001/ jama.2011.1830 PubMed
Andrade SE, Davis RL, Cheetham TC, Cooper WO, Li DK, Amini T, Beaton SJ, Dublin S, Hammad TA, Pawloski PA, Raebel MA, Smith DH, Staffa JA, Toh S, Dashevsky I, Haffenreffer K, Lane K, Platt R, Scott PE. Medication exposure in pregnancy risk evaluation program. Matern Child Health J. 2011 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print].
Dublin S, Walker RL, Jackson ML, Nelson JC, Weiss NS, Von Korff M, Jackson LA. Use of opioids or benzodiazepines and risk of pneumonia in older adults: a population-based case-control study. J Am Geriatr Soc. Epub 2011 Sept 13. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03586.x PubMed
Dublin S, Anderson ML, Haneuse SJ, Heckbert SR, Crane PK, Breitner JC, McCormick W, Bowen JD, Teri L, McCurry SM, Larson EB. Atrial fibrillation and risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(8):1369-1375. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03508.x. Epub 2011 Aug 1. PubMed
Gray SL, Walker R, Dublin S, Haneuse S, Crane PK, Breitner JC, Bowen J, McCormick W, Larson EB. Histamine-2 receptor antagonist use and incident dementia in an older cohort. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(2):251-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03275.x. PubMed
Davis RL, Eastman D, McPhillips H, Raebel MA, Andrade SE, Smith D, Ulcickas Yood M, Dublin S, Platt R. Risks of congenital malformations and perinatal events among infants exposed to calcium channel and beta-blockers during pregnancy. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Feb;20(2):138-45. doi: 10.1002/pds.2068. Epub 2010 Nov 15. doi: 10.1002/pds.2068.
Dublin S, Walker RL, Jackson ML, Nelson JC, Weiss NS, Jackson LA. Use of proton pump inhibitors and H2 blockers and risk of pneumonia in older adults: a population-based case-control study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Aug;19(8):792-802. Epub 2010 Jul 7. PubMed
Dublin S, Glazer NL, Smith NL, Psaty BM, Lumley T, Wiggins KL, Page RL, Heckbert SR. Diabetes mellitus, glycemic control, and risk of atrial fibrillation. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Aug;25(8):853-8. Epub 2010 Apr 20. PubMed
Thacker EL, Wiggins KL, Rice KM, Longstreth WT Jr, Bis JC, Dublin S, Smith NL, Heckbert SR, Psaty BM. Short-term and long-term risk of incident ischemic stroke after transient ischemic attack. Stroke. 2010 Feb;41(2):239-43. Epub 2009 Dec 3. PubMed
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