Michelle Silver
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Phone: (416) 208-5642
Office: MW270a
Email: mpsilver@utsc.utoronto.ca
Department: Health Studies
Research Interests & Work in Progress
- Digital Skills & Aging
- Retirement, Work, and Well-Being
- Aging & Health
- Mental Health
Teaching Interests & Responsibilities
- Foundations in Health Studies
- Health, Aging, and the Life Cycle
- Health Studies Research Seminar
- Quantitative Research Methods
Affiliations
- Member Population Association of America
- Member American Sociological Association
- Member Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Awards & Grants
- UTSC Vice-Principal Research Competitiveness Fund Award, $10,000 (2011-2012)
- NIA Pre-doctoral Training Fellow (2006-2008)
Publications
- Silver, M.P. (2010) Women's retirement and self-assessed well-being: An analysis of three measures of well-being among recent long-term retirees relative to homemakers. Women & Health, vol. 50, pp. 1-19.
- Silver, M. (2008), Depressive Symptoms in Traditional versus Transitional Retirement. Chicago Policy Review, vol.12, pp. 77-90
- Silver, M.P. (under review), Self-employment, the retirement transition, and depressive symptons.