Faculty

Sascha Dublin

Affiliate Professor, Epidemiology

206-287-2870

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1999
MD University of Washington, 2001

Contact

206-287-2870

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101

Research Interests

Dr. Dublin’s research interests include pharmacoepidemiology, pregnancy outcomes and perinatal epidemiology; aging; and cardiovascular epidemiology. Her work uses real-world health care data from Group Health and many other sources to better understand the safety and effectiveness of medications and other medical interventions.  She often focuses on the impact of interventions in vulnerable populations, particularly pregnant women and older adults. She also has interest and expertise in using novel statistical and epidemiologic methods to answer real-world questions, such as the use of two-phase study designs to reduce bias and Natural Language Processing  to extract information from electronic medical records (EMRs).  She is the Group Health site Principal Investigator for the Medication Exposures in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program (MEPREP), a multisite collaboration that has developed data sets including 1.2 million pregnancies across 11 health plans to examine medication safety in pregnant women.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Management of Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Drains: A Consensus Statement.
(2026 Jun 1)
JAMA Netw Open 9(6): e2616853
Al Azzawi M, Cullinane C, Devine M, Toale C, O'Brien S, Davey M, Kennedy C, O'Neill A, Raftery N, Ryan EJ, Donlon N, Elliott JA, Robb WB, Hill ADK, Bolger J, Irish Surgical Research Collaborative Group—Percutaneous Drainage Delphi Expert Panel

Glioblastoma treatment patterns and outcomes over 18 years in an Irish cancer centre.
(2026 Jun 5)
Ir J Med Sci
Mustafa YH, Keogh RJ, Barry SL, Dillon B, Mohammed W, Lim C, Jansen M, Bermingham N, Higgins M, O'Reilly S, Gleeson JP, Bambury RM

Using a cardiac registry to highlight multidisciplinary care in pregnancy.
(2026 Jun 5)
Ir J Med Sci
Smyth A, O'Brien C, Higgins M, Corcoran S, McAuliffe F, Canniffe C

Evaluation of the quality of information provided by ChatGPT on distal biceps repair surgery.
(2026 Jun 5)
Ir J Med Sci
Kilkenny CJ, Whealan SP, Vukanic D, Stapleton A, O'Sullivan K, Hurly ET, Molony DC

The economics of decision-making in dementia care and related life-limiting illness: a narrative review.
(2026 Jun 5)
Health Econ Rev
Maksimovic A, Grassi S, Ellis-Smith C, May P

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