Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico is the 12th president of City College of New York

City College of New York

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. She is also a widely published expert in skin cell biology, wound healing and burns. As a graduate of Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...

 she is the first City University of New York

City University of New York

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 Alumni to head City College.

Career

Prior to becoming the president of City College of New York, she served as provost

Provost (education)

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 at Temple University

Temple University

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 from 2007-2010.

Prior to her tenure at Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 she served as the 12th Dean of the College of Human Ecology

Cornell University College of Human Ecology

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 at Cornell University

Cornell University

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. Prior to becoming dean, Staiano-Coico was director of the Tri-Institutional Research Program which was a partnership between Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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, and Rockefeller University

Rockefeller University

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.

Faculty positions

Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

1983-2004
She held appointment as professor of nutritional sciences, professor of fiber science and apparel design, professor of microbiology in surgery, professor of public health, and professor of microbiology in dermatology.
Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

2007-2010
Professor of Surgery

Education

• Brooklyn College
  Brooklyn College
  Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...
  
   - Bachelor of Science
• Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University - doctorate in microbiology and immunology

Selected works

• Lymphocyte proliferation in old and young humans as measured by flow cytometry: effect of 3H-thymidine on cell cycle kinetics, Cornell University, 1981
• “Impact of an Online Alcohol Education Course on Behavior and Harm for Incoming First-Year College Students: Short-Term Evaluation of a Randomized Trial” in the Journal of American College Health (J Am. College Health 57: 445-54; 2009).

External links

• City University of New York
• "Biography: Lisa Staiano-Coico", CCNY website press kit