Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2016
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer. National Cancer Institute. March 2018
  • Merit Award. Conquer Cancer Foundation. October 2017
  • Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. May 2016
  • University Cancer Fund Recruitment Scholarship. Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. August 2012
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Cancer
  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Diffusion of Innovation
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Health Services Research
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Implementation Science
  • Palliative Care
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Survivorship
• Research
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  Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Delivery Science awarded by Kaiser Permanente Northern California 2016 - 2018
  • Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Care Quality awarded by National Cancer Institute 2014 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Check, DK, Kwan, ML, Chawla, N, Dusetzina, SB, Valice, E, Ergas, IJ, Roh, JM, Kolevska, T, Rosenstein, DL, and Kushi, LH. "Opportunities to Improve Detection and Treatment of Depression Among Patients With Breast Cancer Treated in an Integrated Delivery System." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 57, no. 3 (March 2019): 587-595.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Aaronson, DS, Nielsen, ME, Lee, VS, Ergas, IJ, Roh, JM, Kushi, LH, Tang, L, and Kwan, ML. "Perioperative Intravesical Chemotherapy for Patients WithNon-Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Understanding the Extent of and Sources of Variation in Guideline-recommended Use." Urology 124 (February 2019): 107-112.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Albers, KB, Uppal, KM, Suga, JM, Adams, AS, Habel, LA, Quesenberry, CP, and Sakoda, LC. "Examining the role of access to care: Racial/ethnic differences in receipt of resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer among integrated system members and non-members." Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 125 (November 2018): 51-56.  Full Text
    • Pinheiro, LC, Check, DK, Rosenstein, D, Reeder-Hayes, KE, and Dusetzina, S. "Examining potential gaps in supportive medication use for US and foreign-born Hispanic women with breast cancer." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (August 10, 2018).  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Chawla, N, Kwan, ML, Pinheiro, L, Roh, JM, Ergas, IJ, Stewart, AL, Kolevska, T, Ambrosone, C, and Kushi, LH. "Understanding racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer-related physical well-being: the role of patient-provider interactions." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 170, no. 3 (August 2018): 593-603.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Park, EM, Reeder-Hayes, KE, Mayer, DK, Deal, AM, Yopp, JM, Rosenstein, DL, and Hanson, LC. "Concerns underlying treatment preferences of advanced cancer patients with children." Psycho Oncology 26, no. 10 (October 2017): 1491-1497.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, and Basch, EM. "Appropriate Use of Antiemetics to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting." Jama Oncology 3, no. 3 (March 2017): 307-309.  Full Text
    • Park, EM, Check, DK, Song, M-K, Reeder-Hayes, KE, Hanson, LC, Yopp, JM, Rosenstein, DL, and Mayer, DK. "Parenting while living with advanced cancer: A qualitative study." Palliative Medicine 31, no. 3 (March 2017): 231-238.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Reeder-Hayes, KE, Zullig, LL, Weinberger, M, Basch, EM, and Dusetzina, SB. "Examining racial variation in antiemetic use and post-chemotherapy health care utilization for nausea and vomiting among breast cancer patients." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 24, no. 12 (December 2016): 4839-4847.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Rosenstein, DL, and Dusetzina, SB. "Early supportive medication use and end-of-life care among Medicare beneficiaries with advanced breast cancer." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 24, no. 8 (August 2016): 3463-3472.  Full Text
    • Park, EM, Deal, AM, Check, DK, Hanson, LC, Reeder-Hayes, KE, Mayer, DK, Yopp, JM, Song, M-K, Muriel, AC, and Rosenstein, DL. "Parenting concerns, quality of life, and psychological distress in patients with advanced cancer." Psycho Oncology 25, no. 8 (August 2016): 942-948.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Samuel, CA, Rosenstein, DL, and Dusetzina, SB. "Investigation of Racial Disparities in Early Supportive Medication Use and End-of-Life Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Stage IV Breast Cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 34, no. 19 (July 2016): 2265-2270.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Reeder-Hayes, KE, Basch, EM, Zullig, LL, Weinberger, M, and Dusetzina, SB. "Investigating racial disparities in use of NK1 receptor antagonists to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among women with breast cancer." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 156, no. 2 (April 2016): 351-359.  Full Text
    • Park, EM, Check, DK, Yopp, JM, Deal, AM, Edwards, TP, and Rosenstein, DL. "An exploratory study of end-of-life prognostic communication needs as reported by widowed fathers due to cancer." Psycho Oncology 24, no. 11 (November 2015): 1471-1476.  Full Text
    • Mayer, DK, Green, M, Check, DK, Gerstel, A, Chen, RC, Asher, G, Wheeler, SB, Hanson, LC, and Rosenstein, DL. "Is there a role for survivorship care plans in advanced cancer?." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 23, no. 8 (August 2015): 2225-2230.  Full Text
    • Birken, SA, Ellis, SD, Walker, JS, DiMartino, LD, Check, DK, Gerstel, AA, and Mayer, DK. "Guidelines for the use of survivorship care plans: a systematic quality appraisal using the AGREE II instrument." Implementation Science : Is 10 (May 3, 2015): 63-null.  Full Text
    • Mayer, DK, Birken, SA, Check, DK, and Chen, RC. "Summing it up: an integrative review of studies of cancer survivorship care plans (2006-2013)." Cancer 121, no. 7 (April 2015): 978-996. (Review)  Full Text
    • Beskow, LM, Check, DK, and Ammarell, N. "Research Participants' Understanding of and Reactions to Certificates of Confidentiality." Ajob Primary Research 5, no. 1 (January 2014): 12-22.  Full Text
    • Check, DK, Wolf, LE, Dame, LA, and Beskow, LM. "Certificates of confidentiality and informed consent: perspectives of IRB chairs and institutional legal counsel." Irb 36, no. 1 (January 2014): 1-8.
    • Check, DK, Weinfurt, KP, Dombeck, CB, Kramer, JM, and Flynn, KE. "Use of central institutional review boards for multicenter clinical trials in the United States: a review of the literature." Clinical Trials (London, England) 10, no. 4 (August 2013): 560-567. (Review)  Full Text
    • Flynn, KE, Hahn, CL, Kramer, JM, Check, DK, Dombeck, CB, Bang, S, Perlmutter, J, Khin-Maung-Gyi, FA, and Weinfurt, KP. "Using central IRBs for multicenter clinical trials in the United States." Plos One 8, no. 1 (January 30, 2013): e54999-null.  Full Text
    • Curtis, LH, Mi, X, Qualls, LG, Check, DK, Hammill, BG, Hammill, SC, Heidenreich, PA, Masoudi, FA, Setoguchi, S, Hernandez, AF, and Fonarow, GC. "Heart failure: Transitional adherence and persistence in the use of aldosterone antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure." American Heart Journal 165, no. 6 (January 1, 2013).  Full Text
    • Beskow, LM, Check, DK, Namey, EE, Dame, LA, Lin, L, Cooper, A, Weinfurt, KP, and Wolf, LE. "Institutional review boards' use and understanding of certificates of confidentiality." Plos One 7, no. 9 (January 2012): e44050-null.  Full Text

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