Research Interest

Dr. Silveira is interested in clinical research that promotes the health of the patients in her care. As such, some of her projects include the study of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in preventing hospital admissions; clinical trials of new agents to treat respiratory viral infections in lung transplant recipients; clinical trials of new agents for the treatment of CMV; and optimization of colistin dose in critically ill patients with multi-drug resistant Gram negative infections.

Clinical Interest

Dr. Silveira's clinical interest is in infectious in organ transplant recipients, particularly respiratory virus infections, infections due to resistant CMV and fungal infections.

Educational Interest

Dr. Silveira is the director of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) component of the Medical Microbiology course. She is also interested in teaching of Transplant Infectious Diseases to residents, fellows and general ID practitioners. She participated in the development of the recommended curriculum for training in Transplant Infectious Diseases and is currently an editor for a reference guide for the work-up and diagnosis of common syndromes in thoracic organ transplant recipients, that will be a useful bedside tool for clinicians caring for these patients.