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Bradley J. Zebrack

Associate Professor of Social Work

Degrees

• BA, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles;
• MPH, 1992, University of California, Berkeley;
• MSW, Social Work, 1992, University of California, Berkeley;
• PhD, Social Work and Sociology, 1999, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BioSketch

Brad Zebrack's teaching and research interests are in the area of health, medicine, and quality of life. He is particularly interested in the effects of cancer on the psychosocial growth and development of adolescents and young adults.

Zebrack has clinical social work experience in both pediatric and adult oncology, and has been involved in the development of peer support/advocacy programs for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. He currently is a member of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center's Socio-Behavioral Program and the Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team (CanSORT).

Bradley J. Zebrack, Associate Professor of Social Work
Email	zebrack@umich.edu
Web Sites	Survivorship Research Program
Location	Room:  2778 SSWB Phone:  (734) 615-5940 Fax:  (734) 763-3372	University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Lu, Q., Krull, K. R., Leisenring, W., Owen, J., Kawashima, T., Tsao, J. C., Zebrack, B., Mertens, A., Armstrong, G. T., Stovall, M., Robinson, L. L., & Zeltzer, L. K. (in press). Pain in long-term adult survivors of childhood cancers and their siblings: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study. Pain.

Stuber, M. L., Meeske, K. A., Leisenring, W., Stratton, K., Zeltzer, L. K., Dawson, K., Kazak, A. E., Zebrack, B., Mertens, A. C., Robison, L. L., Krull, K. R. (in press). Defining medical post-traumatic stress among young adult survivors in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study General Hospital Psychiatry.

Kwak, M., Zebrack, B., Meeske, K. A., Embry, L., Aguilar, C., Block, R., Hayes-Lattin, B., Li, Y., Butler, M., & Cole, S. (in press). Trajectories of psychological distress in adolescent and young adult cancer patients: a one-year longitudinal study. Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Zebrack, B., Block, R., Hayes-Lattin, B., Embry, L., Aguilar, C., Meeske, K. A., Li, Y., Butler, M., Cole, S. (in press). Psychosocial service use and unmet need among recently diagnosed adolescent and young adult cancer patients. Cancer.

Zebrack, B., Burg, M., & Vaitones, V. (in press). Distress screening: An opportunity for enhancing quality cancer care and promoting the oncology social work profession. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology.

Carbone, L., Zebrack, B., Plegue, M., Joshi, S., & Shellhaas, R. (2013). Treatment and adherence among adolescents with epilepsy: what really matters? Epilepsy and Behavior, 27(1), 59-63.

Zebrack, B., Block, R., Hayes-Lattin, B,. Embry, L,. Aguilar, C., Meeske, K. A., Li, Y., Butler, M., & Cole, S. (2013). Psychosocial service use and unmet need among recently diagnosed adolescent and young adult cancer patients. Cancer, 119, 201-214.

Zebrack, B., Stuber, M. L., Meeske, K. A., Phipps, S., Krull, K. R., Liu, Q., et al. (2012). Perceived positive impact of cancer among long-term survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Psycho-Oncology,

Zebrack, B. (2012). Foreward In G. Quinn & S. Vadaparampil (Eds.) Reproductive health and cancer. New York: Springer.

Keegan, T., Lichtensztajn, D., Kato, I., Kent., Wu, X., West, M., Halilton A., Zebrack, B., Bellizzi, K., & Smith, A. (2012). Unmet adolescent and young adult cancer survivors' information and service needs: A population-based cancer registry study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship,

Bellizzi, K. M., Smith, A., Schmidt, S., Keegan, T. H. M., Zebrack, B., Lynch, C. F., Deapen, D., & Shnorhavorian, M. (2012). Positive and negative psychosocial impact of being diagnosed with cancer as an adolescent or young adult. Cancer.

Nightingale, C., Quinn, G., Shenkman, E., Curbow, B., Zebrack, B., Krull, K., & Huang, I. (2012). Health-related quality of life of young adult survivors of childhood cancer: a review of qualitative studies. Journal of Asolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 1(3), 124-132.

Parry, P., Padgett, L. S., Zebrack, B. J. (2012). Now what? Toward an integrated research and practice agenda in distress screening. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 30, 715-727.

Zebrack, B., & Butler, M. (2012). Context for understanding psychosocial outcomes and behavior among adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 10(9), 1151-1156.

Zebrack, B., Burg, M., & Vaitones, V. (2012). Distress screening: an opportunity for enhancing quality cancer care and promoting the oncology social work profession. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 30, 615-624.

Coccia, P. F., Altman, J., Bhatia, S., Borinstein, S. C., Flynn, J., George, S., Goldsby, R., Hayashi, R., Huang, M. S., Johnson, R. H., Beaupin, L. K., Link, M. P., Oeffinger, K.C., Orr, K. M., Pappo, A. S., Reed, D., Spraker, H. L., Thomas, D. A., von Mehren, M., Wechsler, D. S., Whelan, K. F., Zebrack, B. J., Sundar, H., & Shead, D. A. (2012). Adolescent and young adult oncology. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 10(9), 1112-1150,

Kwak, M., Zebrack, B., Meeske, K. A., Aguilar, C., Block, R., Hayes-Lattin, B., Li, Y., Butler, M., & Cole, S. (2012). Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents and young adult cancer survivors: a one-year follow-up study. Psycho-Oncology. doi: 10.1002/pon.3217.

Zebrack, B., & Isaacson, S. (2012). Psychosocial care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 30(11), 1221-1226.

Zebrack, B. (2011). Psychological, social and behavioral issues for young adults with cancer. Cancer, 117(10 Suppl.), 2289-2294.

D'Agostino, N. M., Penny, A., & Zebrack, B. (2011). Providing developmentally appropriate psychosocial care to adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. Cancer, 117(10 Supplement), 2329-2334.

Zebrack, B., Hamilton, R. (2011). Dating and disclosure for the cancer patient. In J. Mulhall (Ed.) Sexuality and cancer. New York: Springer

Zebrack, B., & Landier, W. (2011). The perceived impact of cancer on quality of life for post-treatment survivors of childhood cancer. Quality of Life Research, 20(10), 1595-1608.

Burg, M. A., Zebrack, B. J., Maramaldi, P., Walsh, K., Lim, J., Smolinksi, K., et al. (2010). Barriers to accessing quality health care for cancer patients: A survey of members of the Association of Oncology Social Workers. Social Work in Health Care, 49(1), 38-52.

Santacroce, S., & Zebrack, B. (2010). Adolescent and young adult patients. In J. Holland, W. S. Breitbart, P. B. Jacobsen, M. S. Lederberg, M. J. Loscalzo, R. McCorkle, et al. (Eds.), Psycho-Oncology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Zebrack, B., Foley, S., Wittmann, D., & Leonard, M. (2010). Sexual functioning in young adult survivors of childhood cancer, Psycho-Oncology, 19(8), 814-822.

Zebrack, B., Chesler, M. A., Kaplan, S. (2010). To foster healing among adolescents and young adults with cancer: What helps? What hurts? Supportive Care in Cancer, 18(1), 131-135.

Zebrack, B. J., Donohue, J. E., Gurney, J. G., Chesler, M. A., Bhatia, S., & Landier, W. (2010). Psychometric evaluation of the Impact of Cancer (IOC-CS) scale for young adult survivors of childhood cancer, Quality of Life Research, 19(2), 207-218.

Zebrack, B. (2010). Cancer and job loss. Oncology Nurse Edition, 24(4), 19

Stuber, M. L., Meeske, K. A., Krull, K. R., Leisenring, W., Stratton, K., M., Zebrack, B., et al. (2010). Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatrics, 125(5), e1124-e1134.

Stuber, M.L., Meeske, K. A., Krull, K. R., Leisenring, W., Stratton, K., M., Zebrack, B., et al. (2010). Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatrics, 125(5), e1124-e1134.

Yi, J., & Zebrack, B. (2010). Self-portraits of families with young adult cancer survivors: Using photovoice. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 28(3), 219-243.

Zebrack, B., Matthews-Bradshaw, B., & Siegel, S. (2010). Quality cancer care for adolescents and young adults: A position statement. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 28(32), 4862-4867.

Zebrack, B. J. (2009). Information and service needs for young adult cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 17, 349-357.

Zebrack, B. (2009). Developing a new instrument to assess the impact of cancer in young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 3(3), 174-180.

Gurney, J. G., Krull, K. R., Kadan-Lottick, N., Nicholson, H. S., Nathan, P. C., Zebrack, B., et al. (2009). Social outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27(14), 2390-2395.

Smith, S., Zimmerman, S., Williams, C. S., & Zebrack, B. (2009). Health status and quality of life among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Cancer, 115, 3312-3323.

Lohr, K. N., & Zebrack, B. (2009). Using patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice: Challenges and opportunities. Quality of Life Research, 18, 99-107.

Zebrack, B. (2009). Survivor's perspective. Oncology, 23(2), 44-45.

Zeltzer, L. K., Recklitis, C., Buchbinder, D., Zebrack, B., Casillas, J., Tsao, J., et al. (2009). Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27(14), 2396-2404.

Zebrack, B., Yi, J., Petersen, L., & Ganz, P. (2008). The impact of cancer and quality of life for long-term survivors. Psycho-Oncology, 17(9), 891-900.

Wells, A. A., & Zebrack, B. J. (2008). Psychosocial barriers contributing to the under-representation of racial/ethnic minorities in cancer clinical trials. Social Work in Health Care, 46(2), 1-14.

Zebrack, B., Walsh, K., Burg, M., Maramaldi, P., & Lim, J. (2008). Oncology social worker competencies and implications for education and training. Social Work in Health Care, 47(4), 355-375.

Zebrack, B. J. (2008). Information and service needs for young adult cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 16, 1353-1360.

Lim, J., & Zebrack, B. (2008). Different pathways in social support and quality of life between Korean-American and Korean Breast and Gynecological Cancer Survivors, Quality of Life Research, 17, 679-689.

Bolte, S., & Zebrack, B. (2008). Sexual issues in special populations: Adolescents and young adults. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 24(2), 115-119.

King, L. M., Quinn, G. P., Vadaparampil, S. T., Miree, C. A., Clayton, H. B., Zebrack, B., et al. (2008). Oncology social workers' perceptions of barriers to discussing fertility preservation with cancer patients. Social Work in Health Care, 47(4), 479-501.

Zebrack, B., Chesler, M., & Penn, A. (2007). Psychosocial support. In A. Bleyer, R. Barr, K. Albritton, M. Phillips, & S. Siegel (Eds.), Cancer in adolescents and young adults, Heidelburg: Springer Verlag Publishers.

Zebrack, B. J. (2007). Cancer. In A. Martin & F. R. Volkmar (Eds.), Lewis's child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook (4th ed., pp. 928-938). Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Zebrack, B. J., Ell, K., & Smith, W. B. (2007). Suicide risk in childhood cancer survivors (Commentary). Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(6), 732-733.

Zebrack, B. J., Mills, J., & Weitzman, T. S. (2007). Health and supportive care needs of young adult cancer patients and survivors, Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 1(2), 137-145.

Zebrack, B. J., Zevon, M. A., Turk, N., Nagarajan, R., Whitton, J., Robison, L. L., et al. (2007). Psychological distress in long-term survivors of solid tumors diagnosed in childhood: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 49(1), 47-51.

Schultz, K. A. P., Ness, K. K., Whitton, J. Recklitis, C., Zebrack, B., Robison, L. L., et al. (2007). Behavioral and social outcomes in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(24), 3649-3656.

Zebrack, B., & Kirby, L. (2007). Leukemia survivors' perspectives on personal care needs and preferences for peer support programs. American Journal of Hematology/Oncology, 6(4, Suppl. 5), 10-13.