Mina Ruth Silberberg
Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Research Professor of Global Health
Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
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Mina Ruth Silberberg
Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Research Professor of Global Health
Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Mina Silberberg, PhD, is Professor in the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Vice-Chief for Research and Evaluation in the Division of Community Health. She also has faculty appointments at the Duke Global Health Institute, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy and Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences. Silberberg has been conducting community-engaged program evaluation, research, and policy analysis using mixed methods for more than two decades. Her work has primarily focused on initiatives designed to address the health needs of low-income populations, and she has a particular interest in mobilization of multi-sectoral partnerships to address social drivers of health. She served as an editor and writer for the 2nd and 3rd editions of the CDC’s Principles of Community Engagement and is the editor of the book Engaging the Intersection of Housing and Health (University of Cincinnati Press, 2021). Her articles have been published in American Journal of Public Health, The Gerontologist, The Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law, and more. Silberberg is an alumna of the Interdisciplinary Research Fellows Program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Currently, most of her time is dedicated to her role as Faculty Director for the Duke Center for Community Engagement, promoting community engaged research and learning across the university.
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Silberberg M, Dupre ME, Moody J, Patel M, Vemulapalli A, Easterling D. Racial and Ethnic (In)equity in Development of Power Through Place-Based Initiatives. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Dec 9;12(23).Silberberg M, Singh A, Prvu Bettger J, Smith SL, Francis HW, Dubno JR, et al. Routine Hearing Screening for Older Adults in Primary Care: Insights of Patients and Clinic Personnel. Gerontologist. 2024 Oct 1;64(10).Silberberg M. Integrating Social Care and Medical Care: From the Why to the How and Back Again. Am J Public Health. 2024 Jun;114(6):543–5.Bhavsar NA, Sperling J, Ruiz R, Mohottige D, Muhigaba P, Silberberg M, et al. SEED: A novel web-based data visualization platform to visualize, communicate, and explore social, environmental, and equity drivers of health. J Clin Transl Sci. 2024;8(1):e121.
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