Academic Affairs

Meet Our Team

For general inquiries, please email: Office_Acad_Affairs@cumc.columbia.edu. 

Academic Affairs Team

  • Clara L. Lapiner, MPH, MEd
    Assistant Vice President of Faculty Professional Development and Engagment and Operations

  • Emily Frey
    Assistant Director of Academic Affairs and Conflict of Interest

  • Ciara Bowen
    Executive Assistant

  • Charise Frazier, MS
    Communications Manager

  • Jamilette M. Gaton
    Promotions Specialist

  • Mandy Lin, MPH, SHRM-CP
    Senior Manager of Operations and Strategic Initiatives

Faculty Professional Development and Engagement

  • Clara L. Lapiner, MPH, MEd
    Assistant Vice President of Faculty Professional Development and Engagement and Operations

  • Emily Frey
    Assistant Director of Academic Affairs and Conflict of Interest

  • Narre Heon, MPA
    Project Manager and Evaluator

  • Emily Taveras, MPA
    Program Manager

  • Talila Tobias
    Program Coordinator 

ISSO-CUIMC, Student and Scholar Services Team

  • Kathleen McVeigh
    Director, ISSO-CUIMC

  • Ximena Corley
    Assistant Director, ISSO-CUIMC

  • Gwyneth A. Smith
    Senior Associate Director, ISSO-CUIMC

  • Hadija Wilson
    Assistant Director, ISSO-CUIMC

Office of Faculty Affairs Team

  • Dionida X. Ryce, MBA, SHRM-SCP
    Assistant Vice President of Academic Appointments and Professionalism

  • April Armstrong-Studivant, MPA
    Senior Director

  • Gabriela Machado
    Associate Director & Onboarding Specialist

  • Azeez Karim
    Information Systems Manager

  • Daniel Shin
    Operations Manager

  • Evelyn Salvado
    Lead Senior FA Client Manager

  • Christopher Watson
    Senior FA Client Manager

  • Carla Watson-Belomme
    Senior FA Client Manager

Office of Professionalism Team

  • Kenneth Prager, MD
    Professor of Medicine at CUMC
    Associate Dean for Professionalism
    Co-Director, Medical Ethics

  • Dionida X. Ryce, MBA, SHRM-SCP
    Assistant Vice President of Academic Appointments and Professionalism

  • Spencer Bennett, MEd, SHRM-CP
    Director

  • Prerana Shidhaye, MPH
    Assistant Director

Conflict of Interest Team

  • Nancy Green, MD
    Associate Dean of Academic Operations and Advancement 
    Professor of Pediatrics at CUIMC
  • Emily Frey
    Assistant Director of Academic Affairs and Conflict of Interest
  • Lenora Muhm, JD
    Manager of Conflict of Interest
  • Evan Glassberg, MPH
    Conflict of Interest Coordinator