During her training she witnessed the impact of the gun violence and AIDS epidemic on public health.
[6] She founded the Survivor Training and Rehab (STAR) programme certification, an evidence-based education scheme that looks to support physicians and healthcare workers with protocols to provide quality care for recovering cancer patients.
[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Silver wrote an article for The BMJ outlining how prehabilitation could be used to protect people during the outbreak.
[8] She made use of social media to communicate recent coronavirus research findings with the public.
She directs a medical education course in women's leadership, where she discusses core competencies and equity.