Michelle Silver, PhD, ScM
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Graduate School
PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2014
ScM, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2009
Postdoctoral Education
Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, 2015-2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 2015
Research Interests
Dr. Silver is an epidemiologist and health services researcher. Dr. Silver’s research interests center around applied/translational epidemiology, and how to best use the results of epidemiologic studies to make and implement evidence-based decisions in cancer screening and prevention. Her research examines patient-, provider-, and system-level factors that influence the effective translation of evidence-based practices, especially screening recommendations, into routine clinical care. A large focus of her work is on screening and prevention of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.
660 S. Euclid Ave.
Campus Box 8100
St. Louis MO 63110
michelle.silver@wustl.edu