About Us
The Office of Faculty Affairs supports CUIMC’s academic, research, and clinical missions by overseeing faculty and academic personnel processes for faculty, officers of research, postdoctoral fellows, and student officers. The Office of Faculty Affairs ensures compliance with University Statutes and applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
Faculty Affairs partners with faculty and departmental administrators to provide guidance and operational support that promotes consistency, accuracy, and efficiency in academic personnel actions across the Medical Center.
Meet the Staff
Dionida X. Ryce
- Assistant Vice President of Academic Appointments and Professionalism
Key Responsibilities:
- Continuous improvement and change management initiatives
- Support for complex transactions, exceptions, difficult separations
- Communications management
- Conflict resolutions
- Compliance with policies, procedures, and regulations of the University/affiliated organizations/external agencies
April Armstrong-Studivant
- Senior Director
Key Responsibilities:
- Tenure nominations, non-tenure review processes, and tenure clock issues
- CUIMC COAP point of contact
- Trains CUIMC employees on the appointment and promotions process and advising departments and their chairs as to promotion/tenure processes and possible review issues.
- Assists in overseeing compliance with policies, procedures, and regulations of the University/affiliated organizations/external agencies
- Manages approvals of OFA transactions
Gabriela Machado
- Associate Director & Onboarding Specialist
Key Responsibilities:
- Management of the faculty onboarding process
- FOM COAP meetings
- NYPH appointments/RFAs
- Reciprocal Appointments with Weill Cornell
- Trains CUIMC employees on the RFA process and FOM appointment and promotion process.
- Joint/interdisciplinary appointments
Azeez Karim
- Senior Manager of Faculty Systems, Reporting and Operations
Key Responsibilities:
- Data integrity and verification
- Annual roster process
- Performs data analyses and report generation
- Postdoctoral Fellow Certificates of Training
- ASR Support
Daniel Shin
- Operations Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development, communication and implementation of policies and procedures necessary for the optimal performance of the Faculty Affairs operations
- Manage the registration process for Short-Term Visitors and Visiting Student Interns at CUIMC
- Manage the academic employment verification process for CUMC academic personnel
- Organize and coordinate quarterly OFA Forums
- Organize and manage OFA training sessions for departments
Evelyn Salvado
- Lead Senior FA Client Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure faculty personnel transactions including new hires, title changes, pay adjustments, leaves of absence, and terminations are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Advisors to department FA administrators on CUIMC and University policies and processes related to faculty transactions
Christopher Watson
- Senior FA Client Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure faculty personnel transactions including new hires, title changes, pay adjustments, leaves of absence, and terminations are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Advisors to department FA administrators on CUIMC and University policies and processes related to faculty transactions
Carla Watson-Belomme
- Senior FA Client Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure faculty personnel transactions including new hires, title changes, pay adjustments, leaves of absence, and terminations are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Advisors to department FA administrators on CUIMC and University policies and processes related to faculty transactions