Academic Affairs

CUIMC COAP

The Columbia University Irving Medical Center Committee on Appointments and Promotions reviews all appointments and promotions for faculty at CUIMC who are on the Tenure-Track. The committee is comprised of senior faculty members from the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Mailman School of Public Health, the College of Dental Medicine and the School of Nursing. 

Ask COAP Series

In this brown bag series, the leaders of the Committee of Appointments and Promotion, who are directly involved in the promotion process, discuss criteria for promotion and how faculty can optimize their academic profiles.

Offerings

"Preparing for Tenure"

This session focuses on specific ways in which faculty who are on tenure track or who are thinking of moving to tenure track can prepare for a positive review. Chairs and members of the CUIMC COAP provide strategies on how to prepare for tenure. A Q&A session follows.  

Video recording and resources

"Demystifying the Promotion Process on the 'at CUMC' Title Track"

The leaders of the Committee of Appointments and Promotion (COAP), who are directly involved in the promotion process, discuss criteria for promotion and how faculty can optimize their academic profiles in this series. This interactive session focuses on processes and strategies for preparing for promotion on the “at CUMC” title track.

Video recording and resources

Please visit the Calendar of Events for upcoming program dates. 

For more information, please email: Office_Acad_Affairs@cumc.columbia.edu. 

Committee Members

  • Wellington Cardoso, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Medicine (in Genetics and Development)
    • Member

  • Ruth M. Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN

    • Mary Crawford Professor of Nursing
    • Member

  • Julie Herbstman, PhD, MSc

    • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
    • Member

  • Stavroula Kousteni, PhD

    • Edward P. Evans Professor of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Research (in Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)
    • Member

  • Evanthia Lalla, DDS

    • Professor of Dental Medicine (Periodontics)
    • Member

  • Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD

    • Professor of Medical Humanities and Ethics
    • Co-chair

  • Matthew J. Neidell, PhD

    • Professor of Health Policy and Management
    • Co-chair

  • Raul Rabadan, PhD

    • Professor of Systems Biology and Biomedical Informatics, Gerald and Janet Carrus Professor of Surgical Sciences
    • Member

  • Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH

    • Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Felice K Shea Professor of Pediatrics
    • Member

  • Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD

    • Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (in Psychiatry)
    • Co-chair

  • Lori Zeltser, PhD

    • Professor of Medical Science (in Medicine) and of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center)
    • Member