Dr. Silveira is a federally funded researcher, palliative care specialist, and ethicist at the University of Michigan and the Kettles Ann Arbor VAMC. Her research aims to improve the management of pain and other symptoms related to cancer or cancer treatment.
She is the recipient of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Veterans Administration. Her research has been published in JPSM, JAGS, JAMA, and NEJM. She has held several editorial positions, including Associate Editor for the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and UpToDate. In 2014, she was awarded fellow status by the AAHPM and was promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Michigan. She was on the Committee that created the first set of VA/DoD Evidence Based Guidelines for Long Term Opioid Therapy.
She currently serves as the Director for Research for the UM’s Palliative Care Program. She teaches ethics, communication, and symptom management to students and trainees, and mentors fellows, junior faculty, and doctoral candidates in research.