Nutrition Science & Wellness

Jill Silverman

Assistant Professor 10 Months Email Lupton Hall, Room 144

Over 20 years in academia and dietetics specializing in nutrition for health and wellness, weight management, food addiction, specialized diets, intuitive and mindful eating, behavioral change, food biochemistry, and food science.
Corporate wellness and employee health consultant.



Publications:

Harb AA, Brock-Spano KA, Silverman JR, Thomas JR, Pothen AS. The Relationship Between Diet and the Neuropathological Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease in Cognitively Normal Adults: A Systematic Narrative Review. Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Oct 20;13(20):2628. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13202628. PMID: 41154306; PMCID: PMC12564092.

Jack Thomas, Derek Hanson, Ashley Pothen, Christine Freaney and Jill Silverman, Packed School Lunch Food Consumption: A Childhood Plate Waste Nutrient Analysis, Nutrients, 15(5) 2023, 5.

Jill Silverman, Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Postoperative Nutritional Management, Physician Assistants Clinics, 2022.

Jill Silverman, Impact of the COVID-19 precipitated school closures on weight gain-related risk factors among schoolteachers: a cross-sectional study, Nutrients, 2021.

Jill Silverman. 5 Tips for a Healthy Summer. Binghamton University Magazine. 2023 May 26
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/4267/jill-silvermans-five-tips-for-a-healthy-summer

Thomas JR, Hanson D, Chinnan-Pothen A, Freaney C, Silverman J. Packed School Lunch Food Consumption: A Childhood Plate Waste Nutrient Analysis. Nutrients. 2023 Feb 23;15(5):1116.

Silverman, JR. Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Postoperative Nutritional Management. Physician Assistant Clinics 2022

Silverman JR, Wang BZ. Impact of School Closures, Precipitated by COVID-19, on Weight and Weight-Related Risk Factors among Schoolteachers: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2021 Aug 7;13(8):2723.

Rubin J, Kim HJ, Pearson TA, Holleran S, Berglund L, Ramakrishnan R. The apolipoprotein(a) gene: linkage disequilibria at three loci differs in African Americans and Caucasians. Atherosclerosis. 2008 Nov;201(1):138-47.

Anuurad E, Rubin J, Chiem A, Tracy RP, Pearson TA, Berglund L. High levels of inflammatory biomarkers are associated with increased allele-specific apolipoprotein(a) levels in African Americans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Apr;93(4):1482-8.

Anuurad E, Lu G, Rubin J, Pearson TA, Berglund L. ApoE genotype affects allele-specific apo[a] levels for large apo[a] sizes in African Americans: the Harlem-Basset Study. J Lipid Res. 2007 Mar;48(3):693-8.

Anuurad E, Rubin J, Lu G, Pearson TA, Holleran S, Ramakrishnan R, Berglund L. Protective effect of apolipoprotein E2 on coronary artery disease in African Americans is mediated through lipoprotein cholesterol. J Lipid Res. 2006 Nov;47(11):2475-81.

Rubin J, Kim HJ, Pearson TA, Holleran S, Ramakrishnan R, Berglund L. Apo[a] size and PNR explain African American-Caucasian differences in allele-specific apo[a] levels for small but not large apo[a]. J Lipid Res. 2006 May;47(5):982-9.

Rubin J, Paultre F, Tuck CH, Holleran S, Reed RG, Pearson TA, Thomas CM, Ramakrishnan R, Berglund L. Apolipoprotein [a] genotype influences isoform dominance pattern differently in African Americans and Caucasians. J Lipid Res. 2002 Feb;43(2):234-44.

Rubin J, Berglund L. Apolipoprotein E and diets: a case of gene-nutrient interaction? Curr Opin Lipidol. 2002 Feb;13(1):25-32.


***Before 2009, publications used family name, Rubin

Courses Taught

FYE 101: First Year Experience
NTR 110: Introduction to Nutrition Science

NTR 200: Food Science
NTR 200L: Food Science Laboratory
NTR 305: Weight Management and Obesity
NTR 410: Macronutrient Metabolism
NTR 411: Micronutrient Metabolism
NTR 420: Community Nutrition

Education

  • Ph.D. , Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, 2002
  • B.S., Binghamton University, 1997 – Magna cum Laude
  • M.A., Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, 1999
  • M.Phil., Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, 2000

Certificates & Licensures

  • R.D.N., Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Commission on Dietetic Registration

Publications

  • Amanda Harb, Kelly Brock-Spano, Jill Silverman, Jack Thomas and Ashley Pothen, The Relationship Between Diet and the Neuropathological Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Cognitively Normal Adults: A Systematic Narrative Review, Healthcare, 2025.
  • Jack Thomas, Derek Hanson, Ashley Pothen, Christine Freaney and Jill Silverman, Packed School Lunch Food Consumption: A Childhood Plate Waste Nutrient Analysis, Nutrients, 15(5) 2023, 5.
  • Jill Silverman, Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Postoperative Nutritional Management, Physician Assistants Clinics, 2022.
  • Jill Silverman, Impact of the COVID-19 precipitated school closures on weight gain-related risk factors among schoolteachers: a cross-sectional study, Nutrients, 2021.
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