Faculty
Silvia Silver, D.A.
Professor of Pathology, of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Health Sciences, SMHS
Professor of Prevention and Community Health, SPHHS
Director of the Office of HIV Activities, GWUMC
Email: ssilver@gwu.edu
Education:
BA, Drake University
MTS, Catholic University
DA, Catholic University
Bio:
Dr. Silver is the Principal Investigator for the NCI-funded East Coast AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank (part of the National
AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource), the Co-Principal Investigator of the NCI-funded Mid-Atlantic Prostate Cancer Bank headed by GWUMC,
and a Co- Investigator, on the NIH-funded Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). For this project, she is the Research and Retention
Coordinator for the Metropolitan Washington DC site, and an active member of the national WIHS Cancer/Pathology Working Group. Dr. Silver
has been a member of the Metropolitan Washington DC HIV Planning Council and President of the Board of Directors of Metro TeenAIDS, a
community-based organization whose mission is to prevent HIV infection in youth and young adults and to serve those infected. Dr. Silver
chaired the Montgomery County, Maryland (population > 800,000) Task Force on HIV/AIDS, an effort to define prevention activities. She
has served on numerous NIH study sections for applications related to HIV.
During 2004-2005, Dr. Silver spent a sabbatical year with the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation developing and implementing a
Professional Development Program for Clinical Research. This program builds capacity and develops individuals in their roles as members
of a clinical research team. The Professional Development Program is in effect at Aeras/University Cape Town site in the Boland/Overberg
region in South Africa and the Aeras/ St.Johns Medical College site in Palamneer, India.
Dr. Silver is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the newly formed George Washington University Africa Center for
Health and Security