Debra T. Silverman

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Debra T. Silverman
cancer epidemiology
InstitutionsNational Cancer Institute
Academic advisorsJames Tonascia

Debra Toby Silverman (born December 31, 1948) is an American biostatistician and epidemiologist specialized in

carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust. Silverman is the chief of the occupational and environmental epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute
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Life

Silverman was born December 31, 1948.

biostatistician in 1972.[3]

After three years at NCI, Silverman decided to go back to school to get her doctorate. NCI paid her tuition and full salary.

cancer epidemiologist since 1983.[3] During the mid-1980s into the 1990s, her supervisor, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. allowed Silverman, and her colleagues Shelia Hoar Zahm and Patricia Hartge to all work part-time so they could raise families.[2] She was part-time for 16 years, having her first daughter in 1986.[2] Alan S. Morrison served as an additional mentor of Silverman.[2]

Silverman is chief of the NCI Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch within the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG).

American Occupational Medical Association Merit in Authorship Award for her contributions to a paper on a job/exposure linkage system; the NIH Director’s Award, the NCI Special Act Award, the NIOSH Alice Hamilton Science Award for Occupational Safety and Health, and the British Occupational Hygiene Society Award in recognition of her work on the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study; the NIH Merit Award for her contributions to pancreatic cancer research; and the DCEG Exemplary Service and Investigator Award.[3] Silverman is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society and a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology.[3][5]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Silverman, Debra 2022 - Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum". history.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-08.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Debra T. Silverman, Sc.D., biographical sketch and research interests - NCI". dceg.cancer.gov. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2022-10-08.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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  5. ^ "Principal Investigators". NIH Intramural Research Program. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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