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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Wu Y, Robinson D, Silberberg M. Cross-community community-based participatory research: A scoping review. Am J Community Psychol. 2026 Mar;77(1–2):7–18.Kucera KL, Agans RP, Robbins PA, Yang Y, McDonald MA, Haagen PH, et al. Implementation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Sickle Cell Trait Screening Policy: Methods and Staff and Athlete Perspectives. Public Health Genomics. 2026;29(1):94–108.Taylor S, Freel S, Sutton L, Bethea K, Martin L, McKeel J, et al. The research equity and diversity initiative (READI): Changing the face of clinical research through community outreach and engagement. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025;9(1):e156.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).
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