World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
108
Citations
38454
World Ranking
6054
National Ranking
3239

Overview

Debra T. Silverman is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, cancer research, molecular biology, and surgery.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Silverman has published numerous articles in reputable venues. Frequent journals and conferences where their work appears include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environment International
  • Cancer Research
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Key recent publications span topics in environmental exposures and cancer risk, such as:

  • Serum Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma (2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute)
  • Machine Learning Models of Arsenic in Private Wells Throughout the Conterminous United States As a Tool for Exposure Assessment in Human Health Studies (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Glyphosate exposure and urinary oxidative stress biomarkers in the Agricultural Health Study (2023, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute)
  • Genome-wide Association Study of Bladder Cancer Reveals New Biological and Translational Insights (2023, European Urology)
  • Serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the Multiethnic Cohort Study (2023, Environment International)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Nathaniel Rothman
  • Stella Koutros
  • Roel Vermeulen
  • Rena R. Jones
  • Qing Lan

Best Publications

  • Selection of Controls in Case-Control Studies I. Principles

    Sholom Wacholder;Joseph K. McLaughlin;Debra T. Silverman;Jack S. Mandel

  • Association between smoking and risk of bladder cancer among men and women

    Neal D. Freedman;Debra T. Silverman;Albert R. Hollenbeck;Arthur Schatzkin

  • Selection of Controls in Case-Control Studies: II. Types of Controls

    Sholom Wacholder;Debra T. Silverman;Joseph K. McLaughlin;Jack S. Mandel

  • NAT2 slow acetylation, GSTM1 null genotype, and risk of bladder cancer: results from the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study and meta-analyses.

    Montserrat García-Closas;Núria Malats;Debra Silverman;Mustafa Dosemeci

  • Bladder Cancer and Exposure to Water Disinfection By-Products through Ingestion, Bathing, Showering, and Swimming in Pools

    Cristina M. Villanueva;Kenneth P. Cantor;Joan O. Grimalt;Nuria Malats

  • Epidemiology of Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Contemporary Update of Risk Factors in 2018

    Marcus George Kwesi Cumberbatch;Ibrahim Jubber;Peter C. Black;Francesco Esperto

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends Among Whites in the United States, 1947–84

    Susan S. Devesa;Debra T. Silverman;John L. Young;Earl S. Pollack

  • Selection of Controls in Case-Control Studies: III. Design Options

    Sholom Wacholder;Debra T. Silverman;Joseph K. McLaughlin;Jack S. Mandel

  • Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: Role of Obesity and Diet

    Linda Morris Brown;Christine A. Swanson;Gloria Gridley;G. Marie Swanson

  • The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Nested Case–Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust

    Debra T. Silverman;Claudine M. Samanic;Jay H. Lubin;Aaron E. Blair

  • Cigarette smoking and pancreatic cancer: an analysis from the International Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (Panc4)

    C. Bosetti;C. Bosetti;E. Lucenteforte;E. Lucenteforte;E. Lucenteforte;D. T. Silverman;G. Petersen

  • A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci

    Nathaniel Rothman;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Nuria Malats

  • Diabetes mellitus, other medical conditions and familial history of cancer as risk factors for pancreatic cancer.

    D. T. Silverman;M. Schiffman;J. Everhart;A. Goldstein

  • Cancer risk in patients with diabetes mellitus.

    Hans-Olov Adami;Joseph McLaughlin;Anders Ekbom;Christian Berne

  • PM2.5 air pollution and cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality

    Richard B Hayes;Chris Lim;Yilong Zhang;Yilong Zhang;Kevin Cromar

  • Excess incidence of squamous cell esophageal cancer among US Black men: role of social class and other risk factors.

    Linda Morris Brown;Robert Hoover;Debra Silverman;Dalsu Baris

  • The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Cohort Mortality Study With Emphasis on Lung Cancer

    Michael D. Attfield;Patricia L. Schleiff;Jay H. Lubin;Aaron Blair

  • Cigarette Smoking and Pancreas Cancer: a Case—Control Study Based on Direct Interviews

    Debra T. Silverman;Janet A. Dunn;Robert N. Hoover;Mark Schiffiman

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathaniel Rothman
Nathaniel Rothman National Institutes of Health
Núria Malats
Núria Malats Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Manolis Kogevinas
Manolis Kogevinas Pompeu Fabra University
Montserrat Garcia-Closas
Montserrat Garcia-Closas National Institutes of Health
Francisco X. Real
Francisco X. Real Pompeu Fabra University
Alfredo Carrato
Alfredo Carrato University of Alcalá
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Robert N. Hoover
Robert N. Hoover National Institutes of Health
Margaret R. Karagas
Margaret R. Karagas Dartmouth College
Roel Vermeulen
Roel Vermeulen Utrecht University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

If you’re considering a career in medicine but want alternatives to the traditional MD path, online degrees present flexible opportunities. For those already holding a nursing license, cheapest online rn to bsn programs offer affordable options to advance your credentials and open doors to specialized roles.

Alternatively, if your background is in a non-nursing field, pursuing a master’s in nursing may be possible with non nursing bachelor's to msn online programs. These accelerated options help you enter the nursing field without repeating undergraduate work.

Admission standards can vary widely across programs. Some applicants may prioritize accessible entry. For insights on schools with lower barriers, explore whats the easiest nursing program to get into? for lists of institutions that may offer a smoother admissions process.

Interested in healthcare administration instead? Explore the growing field of medical billing and coding. There are accredited online options that make financial support accessible—see medical billing and coding schools that accept fafsa for schools offering federal aid.

Best Scientists Citing Debra T. Silverman

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles