Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, FAAP
Volunteer Clinical Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Publications (63)

Top publication keywords:
TaxesEnergy IntakeSodium, DietaryFast FoodsFood LabelingNew York CityCommerceMarijuana UseLegislation, FoodPublic Health AdministrationDrugs, EssentialLegislation, DrugRestaurantsTelephoneCannabis

• Correction: Changes in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in the first two years (2018-2020) of San Francisco's tax: A prospective longitudinal study.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Silver LD, Padon AA, Li L, Simard BJ, Greenfield TK
• It is time to treat cannabis as an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
  Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2025 Glantz S, Silver L
• Maternal Prenatal Cannabis Use and Major Structural Birth Defects.
  Birth defects research 2025 Avalos LA, Adams SR, Alexeeff SE, Oberman NR, Does MB, Steuerle KR, Ansley DR, Castellanos CL, Padon AA, Silver LD, Young-Wolff KC
• Associations of Local Cannabis Policy and Retail Availability in Northern California with Adverse Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes.
  Substance use & misuse 2025 Silver LD, Slama NE, Dong H, Padon AA, Pacula RL, Alexeeff SE, Sterling SA, Dyer WT, Campbell CI, Satre DD, Lu Y, Does MB, Annam J, Young-Wolff KC
• Characteristics and effects of cannabis advertisements with appeal to youth in California.
  The International journal on drug policy 2025 Padon AA, Ghahremani DG, Simard B, Soroosh AJ, Silver LD

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• Age-Gating and Marketing Differences Between Storefront and Non-Storefront Cannabis Retailers.
  Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) 2025 Rhee JU, Padon AA, Silver LD, Li L, Nguyen ENK, Paredes J, Timberlake DS
• Clinician perspectives on barriers and facilitators to the treatment of adolescent cannabis use: A qualitative study.
  Journal of substance use and addiction treatment 2024 Mian MN, Annam J, Altschuler A, Does MB, Sterling SA, Satre DD, Campbell CI, Asyyed AH, Silver LD, Cunningham SF, Young-Wolff KC
• Association of Local Cannabis Policy and Retail Availability With Cannabis Use and Problematic Cannabis Use Among Adolescents in Northern California.
  American journal of public health 2024 Young-Wolff KC, Asera A, Padon AA, Slama NE, Alexeeff SE, Pacula RL, Campbell CI, Sterling SA, Satre DD, Lu Y, Dyer WT, Does MB, Silver LD
• Cannabis Use During Early Pregnancy Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization.
  JAMA health forum 2024 Young-Wolff KC, Slama NE, Avalos LA, Padon AA, Silver LD, Adams SR, Does MB, Ansley D, Castellanos C, Campbell CI, Alexeeff SE
• Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes.
  JAMA internal medicine 2024 Young-Wolff KC, Adams SR, Alexeeff SE, Zhu Y, Chojolan E, Slama NE, Does MB, Silver LD, Ansley D, Castellanos CL, Avalos LA
• Racial, ethnic, and neighborhood socioeconomic disparities in local cannabis retail policy in California.
  The International journal on drug policy 2024 Simard BJ, Padon AA, Silver LD, Avalos LA, Soroosh AJ, Young-Wolff KC
• Young adult retail purchases of cannabis, product category preferences and sales trends in California 2018-21: Differences compared with older adults.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2024 Pechmann C', Calder D, Timberlake D, Rhee J, Padon A, Silver L
• Implementation and Performance of a Point-of-Care COVID-19 Test Program in 4000 California Schools.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2024 Le Marchand C, Rizzo K, Nakamura R, Bornstein L, Bardach NS, Pritchard D, Medlin S, Ahmed A, Cornejo M, Moser L, Bakhtar O, Silver LD, Iton A, May L, Kimsey P, Sud SR, Pan E, Jacobson K, Glaser C
• Clinician perspectives on adolescent cannabis-related beliefs and behaviors following recreational cannabis legalization.
  Addictive behaviors 2024 Young-Wolff KC, Does MB, Mian MN, Sterling SA, Satre DD, Campbell CI, Silver LD, Alexeeff SE, Cunningham SF, Asyyed A, Altschuler A
• Countering online marketing and user endorsements with enhanced cannabis warning labels: An online experiment among at-risk youth and young adults.
  Preventive medicine 2024 Yang S, Cotter LM, Lu L, Kriss LA, Minich M, Liu J, Silver LD, Cascio CN
• Neonatal outcomes associated with in utero cannabis exposure: a population-based retrospective cohort study.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2023 Avalos LA, Adams SR, Alexeeff SE, Oberman NR, Does MB, Ansley D, Goler N, Padon AA, Silver LD, Young-Wolff KC
• Cannabis Vape Product Sales in California Following CDC's Initial Advisory About Lung Injuries.
  Cannabis and cannabinoid research 2023 Timberlake DS, Bruckner TA, Pechmann C, Soroosh AJ, Simard BJ, Padon AA, Silver LD
• Changes in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in the first two years (2018 - 2020) of San Francisco's tax: A prospective longitudinal study.
  PLOS global public health 2023 Silver LD, Padon AA, Li L, Simard BJ, Greenfield TK
• Local Laws Regulating Cannabis in California Two Years Post Legalization: Assessing Incorporation of Lessons from Tobacco Control.
  Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) 2022 Padon AA, Young-Wolff KC, Avalos LA, Silver LD
• Geographic Accessibility of Retail Cannabis in Northern California and Prenatal Cannabis Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  JAMA network open 2022 Young-Wolff KC, Slama NE, Padon AA, Silver LD, Soroosh A, Alexeeff SE, Adams SR, Does MB, Campbell CI, Ansley D, Conway A, Goler N, Avalos LA
• Yet Again Conversations Matter: The Importance of Interpersonal Discussions, Educational Campaigns, and Advertising on Cannabis-Related Risk Perceptions, Attitudes, and Intentions in At-Risk Young Adults.
  Journal of health communication 2022 Tveleneva A, Kim SJ, Minich M, Liu J, Padon A, Silver L, Yang S
• California Cannabis Markets-Why Industry-Friendly Regulation Is Not Good Public Health.
  JAMA health forum 2022 Young-Wolff KC, Pacula RL, Silver LD
• Textual and pictorial enhancement of cannabis warning labels: An Online experiment among at-risk U.S. young adults.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2022 Kim SJ, Minich M, Tveleneva A, Liu J, Padon AA, Silver LD, Yang S
• Impact of California's tobacco and cannabis policies on the retail availability of little cigars/cigarillos and blunt wraps.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2021 Timberlake DS, Rhee J, Silver LD, Padon AA, Vos RO, Unger JB, Andersen-Rodgers E
• Association of Cannabis Retailer Proximity and Density With Cannabis Use Among Pregnant Women in Northern California After Legalization of Cannabis for Recreational Use.
  JAMA network open 2021 Young-Wolff KC, Adams SR, Padon A, Silver LD, Alexeeff SE, Van Den Eeden SK, Avalos LA
• Moving Toward Health and Social Equity for Women Who Use Cannabis During Preconception, Pregnancy, and Lactation.
  JAMA network open 2021 Young-Wolff KC, Silver LD, Brown QL
• Implementation of the First US Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Berkeley, CA, 2015-2019.
  American journal of public health 2020 Falbe J, Grummon AH, Rojas N, Ryan-Ibarra S, Silver LD, Madsen KA
• Assessment of Incorporation of Lessons From Tobacco Control in City and County Laws Regulating Legal Marijuana in California.
  JAMA network open 2020 Silver LD, Naprawa AZ, Padon AA
• A taxonomy of the scope and organization of local sexually transmitted disease services for policy and practice.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2018 Rodriguez HP, Starling S, Kandel Z, Weech-Maldonado R, Moss NJ, Silver L
• Changes in prices, sales, consumer spending, and beverage consumption one year after a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Berkeley, California, US: A before-and-after study.
  PLoS medicine 2017 Silver LD, Ng SW, Ryan-Ibarra S, Taillie LS, Induni M, Miles DR, Poti JM, Popkin BM
• Costs and effects of a telephonic diabetes self-management support intervention using health educators.
  Journal of diabetes and its complications 2015 Schechter CB, Walker EA, Ortega FM, Chamany S, Silver LD
• Telephone Intervention to Improve Diabetes Control: A Randomized Trial in the New York City A1c Registry.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2015 Chamany S, Walker EA, Schechter CB, Gonzalez JS, Davis NJ, Ortega FM, Carrasco J, Basch CE, Silver LD
• Insights and implications for health departments from the evaluation of New York City's regulations on nutrition, physical activity, and screen time in child care centers.
  Preventing chronic disease 2014 Nonas C, Silver LD, Kettel Khan L
• Rationale for New York City's regulations on nutrition, physical activity, and screen time in early child care centers.
  Preventing chronic disease 2014 Nonas C, Silver LD, Kettel Khan L, Leviton L
• Toward a healthier city: nutrition standards for New York City government.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2014 Lederer A, Curtis CJ, Silver LD, Angell SY
• Sodium intake in a cross-sectional, representative sample of New York City adults.
  American journal of public health 2014 Angell SY, Yi S, Eisenhower D, Kerker BD, Curtis CJ, Bartley K, Silver LD, Farley TA
• Baseline characteristics and Latino versus non-Latino contrasts among Bronx A1C study participants.
  Western journal of nursing research 2014 Walker EA, Silver LD, Chamany S, Schechter CB, Gonzalez JS, Carrasco J, Powell D, Berger D, Basch CE
• Healthy bodegas: increasing and promoting healthy foods at corner stores in New York City.
  American journal of public health 2012 Dannefer R, Williams DA, Baronberg S, Silver L
• Change in trans fatty acid content of fast-food purchases associated with New York City's restaurant regulation: a pre-post study.
  Annals of internal medicine 2012 Angell SY, Cobb LK, Curtis CJ, Konty KJ, Silver LD
• Incidence of self-reported diabetes in New York City, 2002, 2004, and 2008.
  Preventing chronic disease 2012 Tabaei BP, Chamany S, Driver CR, Kerker B, Silver L
• Public health detailing of primary care providers: New York City's experience, 2003-2010.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2012 Dresser MG, Short L, Wedemeyer L, Bredow VL, Sacks R, Larson K, Levy J, Silver LD
• Public health detailing of primary care providers: New York City's experience, 2003-2010.
  American journal of public health 2012 Dresser MG, Short L, Wedemeyer L, Bredow VL, Sacks R, Larson K, Levy J, Silver LD
• Using public health detailing and a family-centered ecological approach to promote patient-provider-parent action for reducing childhood obesity.
  Childhood obesity (Print) 2012 Sealy YM, Zarcadoolas C, Dresser M, Wedemeyer L, Short L, Silver L
• Promoting routine stair use: evaluating the impact of a stair prompt across buildings.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2012 Lee KK, Perry AS, Wolf SA, Agarwal R, Rosenblum R, Fischer S, Grimshaw VE, Wener RE, Silver LD
• Changes in energy content of lunchtime purchases from fast food restaurants after introduction of calorie labelling: cross sectional customer surveys.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2011 Dumanovsky T, Huang CY, Nonas CA, Matte TD, Bassett MT, Silver LD
• Sodium and potassium intake: mortality effects and policy implications: comment on "Sodium and potassium intake and mortality among US adults".
  Archives of internal medicine 2011 Silver LD, Farley TA
• Consumer awareness of fast-food calorie information in New York City after implementation of a menu labeling regulation.
  American journal of public health 2010 Dumanovsky T, Huang CY, Bassett MT, Silver LD
• Sodium content of lunchtime fast food purchases at major US chains.
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Johnson CM, Angell SY, Lederer A, Dumanovsky T, Huang C, Bassett MT, Silver LD
• The primary care nutrition training program: an approach to communication on behavior change.
  Health promotion practice 2010 Levy J, Harris J, Darby P, Sacks R, Dumanovsky T, Silver L
• New York City's fight over calorie labeling.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2009 Farley TA, Caffarelli A, Bassett MT, Silver L, Frieden TR
• Calories from beverages purchased at 2 major coffee chains in New York City, 2007.
  Preventing chronic disease 2009 Huang C, Dumanovsky T, Silver LD, Nonas C, Bassett MT
• Tracking diabetes: New York City's A1C Registry.
  The Milbank quarterly 2009 Chamany S, Silver LD, Bassett MT, Driver CR, Berger DK, Neuhaus CE, Kumar N, Frieden TR
• Cholesterol control beyond the clinic: New York City's trans fat restriction.
  Annals of internal medicine 2009 Angell SY, Silver LD, Goldstein GP, Johnson CM, Deitcher DR, Frieden TR, Bassett MT
• What people buy from fast-food restaurants: caloric content and menu item selection, New York City 2007.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2009 Dumanovsky T, Nonas CA, Huang CY, Silver LD, Bassett MT
• Health improvement from a worksite health promotion private-public partnership.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2009 Goetzel RZ, Roemer EC, Short ME, Pei X, Tabrizi MJ, Liss-Levinson RC, Samoly DK, Luisi D, Quitoni K, Dumanovsky T, Silver LD, Ozminkowski RJ
• Food safety for the 21st century.
  JAMA 2008 Silver L, Bassett MT
• Purchasing behavior and calorie information at fast-food chains in New York City, 2007.
  American journal of public health 2008 Bassett MT, Dumanovsky T, Huang C, Silver LD, Young C, Nonas C, Matte TD, Chideya S, Frieden TR
• Childhood obesity on the front lines.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2007 Foerster SB, Silver LD, Kohatsu ND, Frieden TR, Bassett MT, Horton MB
• Retail prices of essential drugs in Brazil: an international comparison.
  Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health 2007 Nóbrega Ode T, Marques AR, de Araújo AC, Karnikowski MG, Naves Jde O, Silver LD
• Public health detailing: a strategy to improve the delivery of clinical preventive services in New York City.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2006 Larson K, Levy J, Rome MG, Matte TD, Silver LD, Frieden TR
• Integrating care for medical and mental illnesses.
  Preventing chronic disease 2006 Sederer LI, Silver L, McVeigh KH, Levy J
• [Evaluation of pharmaceutical assistance in public primary care in Brasilia, Brazil].
  Revista de saude publica 2005 Naves Jde O, Silver LD
• Access to essential drugs in 11 Brazilian cities: a community-based evaluation and action method.
  Journal of public health policy 2004 Karnikowski MG, Nóbrega OT, Naves JO, Silver LD