Diana R Silver
Diana R Silver
Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
Professor of Public Health Policy and Management
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Professional overview
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Dr. Diana Silver's research explores the impact of variation in the implementation, adoption and repeal of state and local public health policies on health outcomes, particularly alcohol consumption, motor vehicle crashes, tobacco use, and food safety. Some of her other work has examined variation in access to publicly funded services such as clinics, after-school programs, parks and playgrounds. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and several other funders.
Dr. Silver's work has been published in a variety of prominent journals, including the American Journal of Public Health, the American Journal of Health Promotion, Public Health, Tobacco Control, Journal of Safety Research, Social Science and Medicine, the American Journal of Evaluation, PLoS One, Journal of Community Health, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, International Journal of Equity in Health, Globalization and Health, Youth and Society, Public Administration Review and Policy Studies Journal. She is an associate editor for the American Journal of Health Promotion, and serves on the New York City Department of Health’s Health Advisory Committee. She began her career focused on the developing policies and programs that could address the epidemics of AIDS, substance abuse and violence in New York City, in such settings as schools, workplaces, jails, and homeless shelters.
Dr. Silver teaches undergraduate and master’s level courses at the School of Global Health, and trains doctoral students. In 2015, Dr. Silver received NYU’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s highest honor for teaching excellence.
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Education
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BA, History, Bates College, Lewiston, MEMPH, Health Education, Hunter College, New York City, NYPhD, Public Administration, New York University, New York City, NY
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Honors and awards
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Distinguished Teaching Award, New York University (2015)Steinhardt Goddard Award (2011)Annual Award for Outstanding Evaluation, American Evaluation Association (2010)Public Affairs Resident Scholar, The Rockefeller Foundation (2007)
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Areas of research and study
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Access to HealthcareAlcohol, Tobacco and Driving PoliciesFood Safety PoliciesImplementation and Impact of Public Health RegulationsInjury PreventionNew York Department of Health and Mental HygienePublic Health LawPublic Health Policy
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Publications
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Evaluating the relationship between binge drinking rates and a replicable measure of U.S. State alcohol policy environments
Failed retrieving data.Impact of New York City’s 2014 increased minimum legal purchase age on youth tobacco use
Failed retrieving data.Planned parenthood is health care, and health care must defend it : A call to action
Failed retrieving data.Changes in health care inequity in Brazil between 2008 and 2013
Failed retrieving data.Compliance with minimum price and legal age for cigarette purchase laws : Evidence from NYC in advance of raising purchase age to 21
Failed retrieving data.Detecting causality in policy diffusion processes
Failed retrieving data.Over-the-counter sales of out-of-state and counterfeit tax stamp cigarettes in New York City
Failed retrieving data.Retailer compliance with tobacco control laws in New York city before and after raising the minimum legal purchase age to 21
Failed retrieving data.That's not how the learning works - the paradox of Reverse Innovation : A qualitative study
Failed retrieving data.Understanding policy diffusion in the U.S. : An information-theoretical approach to unveil connectivity structures in slowly evolving complex systems
Failed retrieving data.'They hear "Africa" and they think that there can't be any good services' - perceived context in cross-national learning : A qualitative study of the barriers to Reverse Innovation
Failed retrieving data.Age, period, and cohort effects in motor vehicle mortality in the United States, 1980-2010 : The role of sex, alcohol involvement, and position in vehicle
Failed retrieving data.Diffusion of impaired driving laws among US states
Failed retrieving data.Patterns of alcohol consumption and related behaviors in Brazil : Evidence from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS 2013)
Failed retrieving data.Temporal trends in motor vehicle fatalities in the United States, 1968 to 2010 - a joinpoint regression analysis
Failed retrieving data.The effect of geography and citizen behavior on motor vehicle deaths in the United States
Failed retrieving data.The geometry of motor vehicle deaths in the United States
Failed retrieving data.Child passenger safety laws in the United States, 1978-2010 : Policy diffusion in the absence of strong federal intervention
Failed retrieving data.Fifty-state survey of child passenger safety laws in the US, 1978-2010 : A public health approach to analyzing legal intruments
Failed retrieving data.Utilization patterns and perceptions of playground users in New York City
Failed retrieving data.Good Evaluation Measures : More Than Their Psychometric Properties
Failed retrieving data.The effects of state regulations and alcohol consumption on traffic fatalities 1980-2010
Failed retrieving data.Variation in U.S. traffic safety policy environments and motor vehicle fatalities 1980-2010
Failed retrieving data.How residential mobility and school choice challenge assumptions of neighborhood place-based interventions
Failed retrieving data.Improving state health policy assessment : An agenda for measurement and analysis
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