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 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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