Anna Rubinsky, PhD
Lead Clinical Informatics Spec
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Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Dr. Rubinsky is trained as a health services researcher and is experienced in data management and statistical analysis, including developing specifications for analytic datasets using large-scale electronic health records data, and conducting analyses for multi-level health disparities and population health studies. Dr. Rubinsky formerly led data analytics for the UCSF Population Health Data Initiative.

• Utility of routine alcohol screening for monitoring changes in alcohol consumption.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2019 Rubinsky AD, Chavez LJ, Berger D, Lapham GT, Hawkins EJ, Williams EC, Bradley KA
• A Digital Modality Decision Program for Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.
  JMIR formative research 2019 Dubin R, Rubinsky A
• Differences in Receipt of Alcohol-Related Care Across Rurality Among VA Patients Living With HIV With Unhealthy Alcohol Use.
  The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 2019 Bensley KM, Fortney J, Chan G, Dombrowski JC, Ornelas I, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Glass JE, Williams EC
• Validating laboratory defined chronic kidney disease in the electronic health record for patients in primary care.
  BMC nephrology 2019 Frigaard M, Rubinsky A, Lowell L, Malkina A, Karliner L, Kohn M, Peralta CA
• Level of Alcohol Use Associated with HIV Care Continuum Targets in a National U.S. Sample of Persons Living with HIV Receiving Healthcare.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Williams EC, McGinnis KA, Edelman EJ, Matson TE, Gordon AJ, Marshall BDL, Bryant KJ, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Satre DD, Richards JE, Catz SL, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Bradley KA
• Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorders in VHA Residential Treatment Programs.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2018 Finlay AK, Wong JJ, Ellerbe LS, Rubinsky A, Gupta S, Bowe TR, Schmidt EM, Timko C, Burden JL, Harris AHS
• Gender and alcohol use: influences on HIV care continuum in a national cohort of patients with HIV.
  AIDS (London, England) 2018 Matson TE, McGinnis KA, Rubinsky AD, Frost MC, Czarnogorski M, Bryant KJ, Edelman EJ, Satre DD, Catz SL, Bensley KM, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Williams EC
• Creatinine Versus Cystatin C: Differing Estimates of Renal Function in Hospitalized Veterans Receiving Anticoagulants.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2018 Wang CH, Rubinsky AD, Minichiello T, Shlipak MG, Price EL
• Changes in alcohol use associated with changes in HIV disease severity over time: A national longitudinal study in the Veterans Aging Cohort.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2018 Williams EC, McGinnis KA, Bobb JF, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Skanderson M, Catz SL, Bensley KM, Richards JE, Bryant KJ, Edelman EJ, Satre DD, Marshall BDL, Kraemer KL, Blosnich JR, Crystal S, Gordon AJ,…
• The impact of substance use disorders on treatment engagement among justice-involved veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Psychological services 2018 Stimmel MA, Rosenthal J, Blue-Howells J, Clark S, Harris AHS, Rubinsky AD, Bowe T, Finlay AK
• Longitudinal Blood Pressure Changes and Kidney Function Decline in Persons Without Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the MESA Study.
  American journal of hypertension 2018 Judson GL, Rubinsky AD, Shlipak MG, Katz R, Kramer H, Jacobs DR, Odden MC, Peralta CA
• Outpatient continuing care after residential substance use disorder treatment in the US Veterans Health Administration: Facilitators and challenges.
  Substance abuse 2017 Rubinsky AD, Ellerbe LS, Gupta S, Phelps TE, Bowe T, Burden JL, Harris AHS
• High inpatient utilization among Veterans Health Administration patients with substance-use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
  The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 2017 Painter JM, Malte CA, Rubinsky AD, Campellone TR, Gilmore AK, Baer JS, Hawkins EJ
• Increased Rates of Documented Alcohol Counseling in Primary Care: More Counseling or Just More Documentation?
  Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Berger D, Lapham GT, Shortreed SM, Hawkins EJ, Rubinsky AD, Williams EC, Achtmeyer CE, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Influence of a targeted performance measure for brief intervention on gender differences in receipt of brief intervention among patients with unhealthy alcohol use in the Veterans Health Administration.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Williams EC, Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Chavez LJ, Berger D, Bradley KA
• Comparison of DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for alcohol use disorders in VA primary care patients with frequent heavy drinking enrolled in a trial.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2017 Takahashi T, Lapham G, Chavez LJ, Lee AK, Williams EC, Richards JE, Greenberg D, Rubinsky A, Berger D, Hawkins EJ, Merrill JO, Bradley KA
• Variation in receipt of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders across racial/ethnic groups: A national study in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2017 Williams EC, Gupta S, Rubinsky AD, Glass JE, Jones-Webb R, Bensley KM, Harris AHS
• Documented brief intervention not associated with resolution of unhealthy alcohol use one year later among VA patients living with HIV.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Williams EC, Lapham GT, Bobb JF, Rubinsky AD, Catz SL, Shortreed SM, Bensley KM, Bradley KA
• Implementation of a pragmatic randomized trial of screening for chronic kidney disease to improve care among non-diabetic hypertensive veterans.
  BMC nephrology 2017 Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rubinsky AD, Rolon L, Lo L, Voora S, Seal K, Tuot D, Chao S, Lui K, Chiao P, Powe N, Shlipak M
• VA residential substance use disorder treatment program providers' perceptions of facilitators and barriers to performance on pre-admission processes.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2017 Ellerbe LS, Manfredi L, Gupta S, Phelps TE, Bowe TR, Rubinsky AD, Burden JL, Harris AH
• Barriers to and facilitators of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder in VA residential treatment programs.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Finlay AK, Ellerbe LS, Wong JJ, Timko C, Rubinsky AD, Gupta S, Bowe TR, Burden JL, Harris AHS
• Among patients with unhealthy alcohol use, those with HIV are less likely than those without to receive evidence-based alcohol-related care: A national VA study.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2017 Williams EC, Lapham GT, Shortreed SM, Rubinsky AD, Bobb JF, Bensley KM, Catz SL, Richards JE, Bradley KA
• Racial/ethnic differences in initiation of and engagement with addictions treatment among patients with alcohol use disorders in the veterans health administration.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2016 Bensley KM, Harris AH, Gupta S, Rubinsky AD, Jones-Webb R, Glass JE, Williams EC
• A Research Agenda to Advance the Coordination of Care for General Medical and Substance Use Disorders.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2016 Quinn AE, Rubinsky AD, Fernandez AC, Hahm HC, Samet JH
• Predictive validity of clinical AUDIT-C alcohol screening scores and changes in scores for three objective alcohol-related outcomes in a Veterans Affairs population.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2016 Bradley KA, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Berger D, Bryson C, Achtmeyer C, Hawkins EJ, Chavez LJ, Williams EC, Kivlahan DR
• Prevalence of Alcohol Misuse and Follow-Up Care in a National Sample of OEF/OIF VA Patients With and Without TBI.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2016 Grossbard J, Malte CA, Lapham G, Pagulayan K, Turner AP, Rubinsky AD, Bradley KA, Saxon AJ, Hawkins EJ
• Changes in Patient-Reported Alcohol-Related Advice Following Veterans Health Administration Implementation of Brief Alcohol Interventions.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2016 Chavez LJ, Williams EC, Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Are Improvements in Measured Performance Driven by Better Treatment or "Denominator Management"?
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Harris AH, Chen C, Rubinsky AD, Hoggatt KJ, Neuman M, Vanneman ME
• Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Clinically Recognized Alcohol Use Disorders Among Patients from the U.S. Veterans Health Administration.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2016 Williams EC, Gupta S, Rubinsky AD, Jones-Webb R, Bensley KM, Young JP, Hagedorn H, Gifford E, Harris AH
• Alcohol screening scores and the risk of intensive care unit admission and hospital readmission.
  Substance abuse 2016 Clark BJ, Rubinsky AD, Ho PM, Au DH, Chavez LJ, Moss M, Bradley KA
• Unhealthy alcohol use in older adults: Association with readmissions and emergency department use in the 30 days after hospital discharge.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2015 Chavez LJ, Liu CF, Tefft N, Hebert PL, Clark BJ, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Bradley KA
• Predictive validity of two process-of-care quality measures for residential substance use disorder treatment.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2015 Harris AH, Gupta S, Bowe T, Ellerbe LS, Phelps TE, Rubinsky AD, Finney JW, Asch SM, Humphreys K, Trafton J
• Comparative utilization of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder and other psychiatric disorders among U.S. Veterans Health Administration patients with dual diagnoses.
  Journal of psychiatric research 2015 Rubinsky AD, Chen C, Batki SL, Williams EC, Harris AH
• Possible Alternatives to Diagnosis-Based Denominators for Addiction Treatment Quality Measures.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2015 Harris AH, Rubinsky AD, Hoggatt KJ
• Comparison of provider-documented and patient-reported brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in VA outpatients.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2015 Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Shortreed SM, Hawkins EJ, Richards J, Williams EC, Berger D, Chavez LJ, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Extended release naltrexone for alcohol use disorders: quasi-experimental effects on mortality and subsequent detoxification episodes.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2015 Harris AH, Bowe T, Del Re AC, Finlay AK, Oliva E, Myrick HL, Rubinsky AD
• Decreasing sensitivity of clinical alcohol screening with the AUDIT-C after repeated negative screens in VA clinics.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2014 Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Williams EC, Hawkins EJ, Grossbard J, Chavez LJ, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• An early evaluation of implementation of brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in the US Veterans Health Administration.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2014 Williams EC, Rubinsky AD, Chavez LJ, Lapham GT, Rittmueller SE, Achtmeyer CE, Bradley KA
• Inconsistencies between alcohol screening results based on AUDIT-C scores and reported drinking on the AUDIT-C questions: prevalence in two US national samples.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2014 Delaney KE, Lee AK, Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Chavez LJ, Bradley KA
• The challenges of improving statistical practice in alcohol treatment research.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2013 Harris AH, Boden MT, Finlay AK, Rubinsky AD
• Prevalence of clinically recognized alcohol and other substance use disorders among VA outpatients with unhealthy alcohol use identified by routine alcohol screening.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2013 Williams EC, Rubinsky AD, Lapham GT, Chavez LJ, Rittmueller SE, Hawkins EJ, Grossbard JR, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Probability and predictors of patients converting from negative to positive screens for alcohol misuse.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2013 Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Heagerty PJ, Achtmeyer C, Williams EC, Hawkins EJ, Maynard C, Kivlahan DR, Au D, Bradley KA
• Annual rescreening for alcohol misuse: diminishing returns for some patient subgroups.
  Medical care 2013 Lapham GT, Rubinsky AD, Heagerty PJ, Williams EC, Hawkins EJ, Maynard C, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• When quality indicators undermine quality: bias in a quality indicator of follow-up for alcohol misuse.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2013 Bradley KA, Chavez LJ, Lapham GT, Williams EC, Achtmeyer CE, Rubinsky AD, Hawkins EJ, Saitz R, Kivlahan DR
• Why not add consumption measures to current definitions of substance use disorders? Commentary on Rehm et al.: 'Defining substance use disorders: do we really need more than heavy use?'.
  Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 2013 Bradley KA, Rubinsky AD
• Follow-up care for alcohol misuse among OEF/OIF veterans with and without alcohol use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2013 Grossbard JR, Hawkins EJ, Lapham GT, Williams EC, Rubinsky AD, Simpson TL, Seal KH, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Alcohol questionnaires and HDL: screening scores as scaled markers of alcohol consumption.
  Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) 2013 Berger D, Williams EC, Bryson CL, Rubinsky AD, Bradley KA
• Postoperative risks associated with alcohol screening depend on documented drinking at the time of surgery.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2013 Rubinsky AD, Bishop MJ, Maynard C, Henderson WG, Hawn MT, Harris AH, Beste LA, Tønnesen H, Bradley KA
• AUDIT-C scores as a scaled marker of mean daily drinking, alcohol use disorder severity, and probability of alcohol dependence in a U.S. general population sample of drinkers.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2013 Rubinsky AD, Dawson DA, Williams EC, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Comparative performance of the AUDIT-C in screening for DSM-IV and DSM-5 alcohol use disorders.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2012 Dawson DA, Smith SM, Saha TD, Rubinsky AD, Grant BF
• Prevalence of alcohol misuse among men and women undergoing major noncardiac surgery in the Veterans Affairs health care system.
  Surgery 2012 Bradley KA, Rubinsky AD, Sun H, Blough DK, Tønnesen H, Hughes G, Beste LA, Bishop MJ, Hawn MT, Maynard C, Harris AS, Hawkins EJ, Bryson CL, Houston TK, Henderson WG, Kivlahan DR
• Variation in documented care for unhealthy alcohol consumption across race/ethnicity in the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2012 Williams EC, Lapham GT, Hawkins EJ, Rubinsky AD, Morales LS, Young BA, Bradley KA
• AUDIT-C alcohol screening results and postoperative inpatient health care use.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2012 Rubinsky AD, Sun H, Blough DK, Maynard C, Bryson CL, Harris AH, Hawkins EJ, Beste LA, Henderson WG, Hawn MT, Hughes G, Bishop MJ, Etzioni R, Tønnesen H, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• Preoperative alcohol screening scores: association with complications in men undergoing total joint arthroplasty.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2011 Harris AH, Reeder R, Ellerbe L, Bradley KA, Rubinsky AD, Giori NJ
• Alcohol screening and risk of postoperative complications in male VA patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2011 Bradley KA, Rubinsky AD, Sun H, Bryson CL, Bishop MJ, Blough DK, Henderson WG, Maynard C, Hawn MT, Tønnesen H, Hughes G, Beste LA, Harris AH, Hawkins EJ, Houston TK, Kivlahan DR
• Estimating risk of alcohol dependence using alcohol screening scores.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2009 Rubinsky AD, Kivlahan DR, Volk RJ, Maynard C, Bradley KA
• Alcohol Misuse and Related Post-Operative Complications in US Surgical Patients: A Review
  The Open Surgery Journal 2008 Harris AHS, Frey MS, DeBenedetti AF, Bradley KA
• Effectiveness of the AUDIT-C as a screening test for alcohol misuse in three race/ethnic groups.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Frank D, DeBenedetti AF, Volk RJ, Williams EC, Kivlahan DR, Bradley KA
• A randomized controlled trial of intensive referral to 12-step self-help groups: one-year outcomes.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2007 Timko C, DeBenedetti A
• AUDIT-C as a brief screen for alcohol misuse in primary care.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2007 Bradley KA, DeBenedetti AF, Volk RJ, Williams EC, Frank D, Kivlahan DR
• Predictors of 16-year mortality among individuals initiating help-seeking for an alcoholic use disorder.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2006 Timko C, Debenedetti A, Moos BS, Moos RH
• Intensive referral to 12-Step self-help groups and 6-month substance use disorder outcomes.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2006 Timko C, Debenedetti A, Billow R
• Determinants of 12-step group affiliation and moderators of the affiliation-abstinence relationship.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2005 Timko C, Billow R, DeBenedetti A