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

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

These sessions review the criteria for promotion in each track. Faculty have the opportunity to ask the two chairs of the Committee of Appointments and Promotions questions about the processes and timelines for promotions at CUIMC.  

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

  • David A. Fidock, PhD

    • C.S. Hamish Young Professor of Immunology(in Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
    • Co-chair
  • Dawn L. Hershman, MD

    • American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
  • Laura A. Johnston, PhD

    • Professor of Genetics and Development
  • Evanthia Lalla, DDS

    • Professor of Dental Medicine (Periodontics)
  • Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD

    • Professor of Medical Humanities and Ethics
  • Jennifer J. Manly, PhD

    • Professor of Neuropsychology (in Neurology, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)
  • Matthew J. Neidell, PhD

    • Professor of Health Policy and Management
  • Lawrence R. Stanberry, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Dean for International Programs
  • Patricia W. Stone, PhD, RN

    • Centennial Professor of Health Policy in the Faculty of Nursing
  • Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD

    • Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (in Psychiatry) and Professor of Pediatrics
  • Yuanjia Wang, PhD

    • Professor of Biostatistics (in Psychiatry)
    • Co-chair