About

Dr. Patricia Silveyra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health.

Her research focuses on sex differences and the role of sex hormones and steroid hormone receptors in mechanisms of lung inflammation. Dr. Silveyra earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, and her PhD in Biochemistry, from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and did her postdoctoral training at Penn State College of Medicine. In 2013, she established her independent research program as an Assistant Professor at Penn State with an NIH K12 BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers on Women’s Health) award. She later received NIH K01 and R03 awards from NHLBI. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, prior to joining the School of Nursing at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she led the Biobehavioral Laboratory core facility for two years. In 2021, she joined Indiana University Bloomington as a tenure-track Associate Professor and received an R01 from NHLBI. Dr. Silveyra has received numerous awards for her research, mentoring, and efforts to promote diversity in STEM. She is an advocate for underrepresented and international trainees, and she serves in various national organizations and committees, including the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), where she is a member of the Board on Higher Education and Workforce and the New Voices in Science, Engineering and Medicine group.