- Research Ethics
- Medical Ethics
- Clinical Trials
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Dr. Henry Silverman is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, with secondary appointments in Epidemiology & Public Health. He serves as Principal Investigator for NIH Fogarty International Center-sponsored research ethics training programs across the Arab Middle East and Myanmar, and co-investigator for a Gambian Fogarty program. His career spans critical care clinical trials (including NIH-funded ARDSNet) and medical ethics education, where he directs an online certificate program and chairs the Ethical Advisory Committee at University of Maryland Medical Center. BS & MS in Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1974) MD from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1978) MA in Bioethics, Georgetown University (1995) Dr. Silverman's research focuses on global research ethics, including biobank/genomic research ethics, informed consent practices, plagiarism and misconduct in the Arab Middle East and Myanmar, and clinical ethics in ICU settings. His work explores moral distress among healthcare workers, ethics consultation quality, and historical aspects of medical ethics. Current projects include analyzing research integrity climates in Egyptian universities and international biobank research ethics frameworks. Recent publications highlight collaborations across five continents, emphasizing cross-cultural ethical standards, institutional capacity building, and pandemic response ethics. His work combines empirical research with normative analysis to address systemic challenges in global health research governance. Senior Resident's Award for Teaching (1988) Senior Medical Student's Award for Humanism in Medicine (2001) Teaching Award Department of Public Health University of Maryland Medical School (2013) As faculty mentor for the Medical Ethics Interest Group and director of NIH-funded international training programs (R25TW007090, R25TW010516), Dr. Silverman has trained over 150 international researchers. He oversees the Howard B. May Lectureship in Medical Ethics and the History of Medicine, and contributes to stem cell research policy as a Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund reviewer.






