Mina Ruth Silberberg
Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Program Evaluation
Community-Engaged Research
Policy
Social Drivers of Health (Housing)
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2015
Contact Information
- 200 Morris Street, Suite 3100, Durham, NC 27701
- Duke Box 104652, Durham, NC 27710
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mina.silberberg@duke.edu
(919) 681-3185
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Department website
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley 1992
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Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2013 - 2014
- Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2010 - 2013
- Assistant Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2006 - 2010
- Assistant Research Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2003 - 2006
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2003
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Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
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Member, Division of Community Senior Leadership Team (Vice-Chief for Research and Evaluation), AY2009-present
Member, Community Benefits Oversight Committee, AY2010
Duke Lead, Eat Smart Move More – Interuniversity Collaborative, AY2010-2011
Member, Community and Family Medicine Executive Council, AY2011-2017
Member, Primary Care Leadership Track Advisory Group, AY2011
Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, AY2013
Member, Duke Family Medicine Residency Steering Committee, AY2015-present
Associate Director, Duke National Clinician Scholars Program, AY2018-present
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Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Policy Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. 1999 - 2003
- Assistant Professor, Rutgers - Camden Campus. 1994 - 1999
- Recognition
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In the News
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FEB 14, 2018 Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship Program 2018 - 2023
- Implementation and Implications of Sickle Cell Trait Screening in the NCAA awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2023
- Addressing Barriers to Adult Hearing Healthcare awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2020
- Increasing Housing Stability: Assessing Promising Tenancy Support Models to Inform Local, State, and National Policy and Practice 2016 - 2019
- Evaluation of Healthy Places NC--Phase III 2017 - 2018
- Healthy Places North Carolina Evaluation Phase II 2015 - 2017
- Population Health Improvement Leadership II 2013 - 2017
- A National GME Program in Population Health awarded by Association of American Medical Colleges 2013 - 2015
- African American Health Improvement Partnership awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2013
- CTSA UL awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2012
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Silberberg, Mina, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, and Michelle J. Lyn. “What Is Population Health?” Prim Care 46, no. 4 (December 2019): 475–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pop.2019.07.001.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, Mina, and Viviana Martinez-Bianchi. “Community and Stakeholder Engagement.” Prim Care 46, no. 4 (December 2019): 587–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pop.2019.07.014.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, M., D. J. Biederman, and E. Carmody. “Joining Forces: The Benefits and Challenges of Conducting Regulatory Research With a Policy Advocate.” Housing Policy Debate 29, no. 3 (May 4, 2019): 475–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2018.1541923.Full Text
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Silberberg, Mina, Larry B. Goldstein, Sarah Weaver, and Colleen Blue. “Increasing Stroke Knowledge and Decreasing Stroke Risk in a Latino Immigrant Population.” J Immigr Minor Health 20, no. 6 (December 2018): 1490–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0690-0.Full Text Link to Item
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Ngo, Stephanie, Mohammad Shahsahebi, Sean Schreiber, Fred Johnson, and Mina Silberberg. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community and Hospital Medical Record Integration on Management of Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department.” J Behav Health Serv Res 45, no. 4 (October 2018): 651–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-017-9574-7.Full Text Link to Item
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Zullig, Leah L., Felicia McCant, Mina Silberberg, Fred Johnson, Bradi B. Granger, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Changing CHANGE: adaptations of an evidence-based telehealth cardiovascular disease risk reduction intervention.” Transl Behav Med 8, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 225–32. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibx030.Full Text Link to Item
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Rivo, Marc, Mary Rudolf, Sivan Spitzer-Shohat, Micky Weingarten, Barbara Schuster, Robert Schwartz, David Nash, and Mina Silberberg. “Reducing health disparities: Bar Ilan Medical School's care transition service.” Lancet 391, no. 10120 (February 10, 2018): 533–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32178-5.Full Text Link to Item
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Friedman, Jessica L., Pauline Lyna, Mya D. Sendak, Anthony J. Viera, Mina Silberberg, and Kathryn I. Pollak. “Use of the 5 As for Teen Alcohol Use.” Clinical Pediatrics 56, no. 5 (May 2017): 419–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922816655884.Full Text
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Dupre, Matthew E., James Moody, Alicia Nelson, Janese M. Willis, Lori Fuller, Allen J. Smart, Doug Easterling, and Mina Silberberg. “Place-Based Initiatives to Improve Health in Disadvantaged Communities: Cross-Sector Characteristics and Networks of Local Actors in North Carolina.” American Journal of Public Health 106, no. 9 (September 2016): 1548–55. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2016.303265.Full Text
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Shin, Jin Hee, Matthew E. Dupre, Truls Østbye, Gwen Murphy, and Mina Silberberg. “The Relationship of Socioeconomic and Behavioral Risk Factors With Trends of Overweight in Korea.” J Prev Med Public Health 48, no. 6 (November 2015): 310–18. https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.15.001.Full Text Link to Item
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Dupre, Matthew E., Mina Silberberg, Janese M. Willis, and Mark N. Feinglos. “Education, glucose control, and mortality risks among U.S. older adults with diabetes.” Diabetes Res Clin Pract 107, no. 3 (March 2015): 392–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2014.12.013.Full Text Link to Item
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Bonnet, Jonathan, Aaron George, Pippa Evans, Mina Silberberg, and Diana Dolinsky. “Rethinking obesity counseling: having the French Fry Discussion.” Journal of Obesity 2014 (January 2014): 525021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/525021.Full Text
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Sheline, Barbara, Mina Silberberg, Melinda Blazar, Brian Halstater, and Lloyd Michener. “Population health initiatives for primary care at Duke University School of Medicine.” N C Med J 75, no. 1 (January 2014): 33–35. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.75.1.33.Full Text Link to Item
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Kaprielian, Victoria S., Mina Silberberg, Mary Anne McDonald, Denise Koo, Sharon K. Hull, Gwen Murphy, Anh N. Tran, et al. “Teaching population health: a competency map approach to education.” Acad Med 88, no. 5 (May 2013): 626–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828acf27.Full Text Link to Item
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Shin, Jin Hee, Mathias Worni, Anthony W. Castleberry, Ricardo Pietrobon, Philip A. Omotosho, Mina Silberberg, and Truls Østbye. “The application of comorbidity indices to predict early postoperative outcomes after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a nationwide comparative analysis of over 70,000 cases.” Obes Surg 23, no. 5 (May 2013): 638–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-012-0853-3.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, M., R. Sloane, K. S. H. Yarnall, A. McKinnon, R. Patel, and M. Champagne. “Improving hypertension control in a population of low-income frail older adults: An evaluation of the just for us model.” Journal of Applied Gerontology 31, no. 4 (August 1, 2012): 467–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464810391254.Full Text
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Silberberg, Mina, Lori Carter-Edwards, Gwen Murphy, Meghan Mayhew, Kathryn Kolasa, Eliana M. Perrin, Sarah Armstrong, Cameron Graham, and Nidu Menon. “Treating pediatric obesity in the primary care setting to prevent chronic disease: perceptions and knowledge of providers and staff.” N C Med J 73, no. 1 (January 2012): 9–14.Link to Item
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Keller, S. C., M. Silberberg, K. E. Hartmann, and J. L. Michener. “Perceived discrimination and use of health care services in a North Carolina population of Latino immigrants.” Hispanic Health Care International 8, no. 1 (March 19, 2010): 4–13. https://doi.org/10.1891/1540-4153.8.1.4.Full Text
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Goldstein, Larry B., Mina Silberberg, Yvette McMiller, and Susan D. Yaggy. “Stroke-related knowledge among uninsured Latino immigrants in Durham County, North Carolina.” J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 18, no. 3 (May 2009): 229–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.10.009.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, Mina, and Joel C. Cantor. “Making the case for school-based health: where do we stand?” J Health Polit Policy Law 33, no. 1 (February 2008): 3–37. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2007-045.Full Text Link to Item
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Wilson, Kate S., Mina R. Silberberg, Ann J. Brown, and Susan D. Yaggy. “Health needs and barriers to healthcare of women who have experienced intimate partner violence.” J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16, no. 10 (December 2007): 1485–98. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2007.0385.Full Text Link to Item
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Howell, Sandra, Mina Silberberg, Winifred V. Quinn, and Judith A. Lucas. “Determinants of remaining in the community after discharge: results from New Jersey's Nursing Home Transition Program.” Gerontologist 47, no. 4 (August 2007): 535–47. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/47.4.535.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, Mina, Kimberly S. Yarnall, Fred Johnson, Devdutta Sangvai, Rupal Patel, and Susan D. Yaggy. “Neighborhood clinics: an academic medical center-community health center partnership.” J Health Care Poor Underserved 18, no. 3 (August 2007): 516–22. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2007.0069.Full Text Link to Item
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Yaggy, Susan D., J Lloyd Michener, Duncan Yaggy, Mary T. Champagne, Mina Silberberg, Michelle Lyn, Fred Johnson, and Kimberly S. H. Yarnall. “Just for Us: an academic medical center-community partnership to maintain the health of a frail low-income senior population.” Gerontologist 46, no. 2 (April 2006): 271–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/46.2.271.Full Text Link to Item
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Horvath, Brian, Mina Silberberg, Lawrence R. Landerman, Frederick S. Johnson, and J Lloyd Michener. “Dynamics of patient targeting for care management in Medicaid: a case study of the Durham Community Health Network.” Care Manag J 7, no. 3 (2006): 107–14. https://doi.org/10.1891/cmj-v7i3a001.Full Text Link to Item
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Michener, J Lloyd, Mary T. Champagne, Duncan Yaggy, Susan D. Yaggy, and Katrina M. Krause. “Making a home in the community for the academic medical center.” Acad Med 80, no. 1 (January 2005): 57–61. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200501000-00014.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, M. “Balancing Autonomy and Dependence for Community and Nongovernmental Organizations.” Social Service Review 72, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 47–69. https://doi.org/10.1086/515745.Full Text
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Silberberg, M. “Making health reform work: the view from the states. Essay review.” J Health Polit Policy Law 20, no. 4 (1995): 1064–68. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-20-4-1064.Full Text Link to Item
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Silberberg, M., C. L. Estes, and C. Harrington. “Political perspectives on uncertified home care agencies.” Health Care Financ Rev 16, no. 1 (1994): 223–45.Link to Item
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Book Sections
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Silberberg, M., K. S. H. Yarnall, F. Johnson, D. Sangvai, R. Patel, and S. D. Yaggy. “Neighborhood clinics: An academic medical center-community health center partnership.” In Project Muse 4, 9781421408859:70–76. DUMMY PUBID, 2013.
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Silberberg, M., K. S. H. Yarnall, F. Johnson, D. Sangvai, R. Patel, and S. D. Yaggy. “Neighborhood clinics: An academic medical center-community health center partnership.” In Free Clinics: Local Responses to Health Care Needs, 9781421408859:70–76, 2013.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
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Advising & Mentoring
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Faculty Mentor, Project L/EARN, 2000-2002
Site Supervisor, Dawn Durain, An Evaluation of a State Health Policy Designed to Improve Cardiac Care to Underserved Populations, UMDNJ- School of Public Health Master’s Program, Fall 2000
Faculty Advisor, Master of Health Sciences – Clinical Leadership Program, AY2004
Mentor, Kempe Jacobowitz Ames
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor (with J. Lloyd Michener), D. Kempe Jacobowitz-Ames, Successfully Treating Chronic Conditions in Low Income Elders: The Just for Us Program, AY 2004
Outside Thesis Reader, D. Kempe Jacobowitz-Ames, Meeting the Needs of Low Income Elders: Just for Us, Master of Public Policy Program, Sanford Institute, AY2004
Practicum Advisor, D. Kempe Jacobowitz-Ames, Master of Public Policy Program, Sanford Institute, Duke University, AY2004
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor (with J. Lloyd Michener), Brian Horvath, Patient Selection for Care Management in Community Care of North Carolina, AY2005
Mentor, Elizabeth Azzato
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor (with J. Lloyd Michener), Elizabeth Azzato, Asthma ED, Outpatient & Inpatient Utilization in Durham County Among Children Enrolled in CCNC, AY2005
Outside Thesis Reader, Elizabeth Azzato, Master of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AY2005
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor (with J. Lloyd Michener), Sara Condron, Perceived Discrimination and Healthcare Services Utilization: The Experience of Latino Immigrants in Durham County, North Carolina, AY2006
Faculty Advisor, Tanika Day (Community Health Fellow) Research Project, High School-based Clinic Utilization: Characteristics of Adolescents who are Frequent Users, AY2005-2006.
Mentor, Tiona Guess
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, Tiona Guess, Evaluation of a Group Psychotherapy Prgoram to Prevent Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls, AY2007
Practicum Advisor, Tiona Guess, Master of Public Health Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AY2007
Outside Thesis Reader, Tiona Guess, Program Planning and Evaluation Steps for the Adolescent Centered Care Education & Social Support (ACCESS) Program, Master of Public Health Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AY2007
Mentor, Elizabeth Taffolla
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, Elizabeth Taffolla, A Study of the Impact of Ethnicity and Gender on Medication Adherence, AY2007
Practicum Advisor, Elizabeth Taffolla, Master of Public Health Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AY2007
Mentor, George Shelton
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, George Shelton, The African-American Health Improvement Project: Patient Satisfaction, Health Behavior, and Improved Diabetes Control in a Community-Based Participatory Research Project, AY2008 and 2009
Practicum Advisor, George Shelton, Master of Public Policy Program, Sanford Institute, AY2008-2009
Research Mentor, Duke School of Nursing Making a Difference in Nursing Program, Summer 2009
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, Joslyn Wiley, AY2010
Primary Mentor, Stephanie Foley, M.D. Differences in Stroke Risk Screening in the Latino Population: Health Fairs vs. Community Outreach, AY 2011
Member of Mentor Team, Megha Shah, M.D. Southern High School Wellness Center: Identifying Barriers to Enrollment, AY2011
Director, Population Health Improvement Teamwork Project (Family Medicine Residency, AY2014-present
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor¸Stephanie Ngo, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community and Hospital Medical Record Integration on Management of Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department,AY 2015
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor, Jessica Friedman, Use of the 5 A’s for Teen Alcohol Use, AY2015
Lead Mentor, Tiffany Cagle, M.D. Mental Healthcare in North Carolina’s Undocumented Immigrants: Patients, Providers, and Policies, AY2016
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, Javier Galán, Evaluating Health Outcomes and Primary Care Physician Utilization among Low-income Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and/or Hypertension Receiving Either Standard or Intensive Care Management, AY201
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, Vicki Tan, The Effectiveness of Screening in Detecting Mental Health Issues in Adolescents, AY2016/2017
Lead Mentor, Kenetra Hix, M.D., M.P.H. Information Station and Poverty Reduction, AY2018
Third-Year Thesis Mentor, Nicola Lew, Rates and Predictors of Follow-Up and Blood Pressure Control at a Federally-Qualified Health Center in North Carolina, AY2018/2019
Third-Year Thesis Co-Mentor, Eviction as Disruptive Factor for Health Care Utilization: Impact on Hospital
Readmissions and No-show Rate, Peter Callejo-Black, AY2019
Member of Dissertation Committee, Jinoh Park, Opportunities for Increased Resident Satisfaction in the Built Environment of Continuing Care Retirement Communities, North Carolina State University College of Design, Graduated July 2019
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Teaching Activities
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Faculty, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers – Camden Campus, teaching “Principles of Health Care Management,” “Foundations of Policy Analysis,” “Health Care Policy and Politics,” AY1995-1999. Mentored several masters’ theses.
Faculty Advisor, Master of Health Sciences – Clinical Leadership Program, AY2004
Faculty, Health Leadership Program, AY2004-2007
Presenter, Clinical Research Support Office Advanced Lunch and Learn Series, Sept. 9, 2008
Muest Lecturer, Master of Health Sciences – Clinical Leadership Program, AY2008-2009
Guest Lecturer, “Interprofessional Prevention,” Duke Medicine, 2010
Instructor, “Community Engaged Population Health Research” (Family Medicine Residency), AY2011- 2013
Instructor, “Population Health Core Course” (Family Medicine Residency), AY2014-2016
Director, Population Health Improvement Teamwork Project (Family Medicine Residency, AY2014-present
Instructor, “Population Health Management Approaches,” Duke Clinical Leadership Program, Spring 2014
Instructor, “Community Engaged Approaches to Population Health,” Duke Clinical Leadership Program, Summer 2019
Guest lecturer outside of home department:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, 1999-2003
Bryn Mawr College, 1999-2000
University of PennsylvaniaSchool of Nursing, 2002
Duke University Department of Psychology, 2007
Duke University School of Nursing, 2009, 2012
Duke-Johnson and Johnson Nurse Leadership Program, 2014-present
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