Karina Davidson

Experience

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  Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

  Sept 2003 - Dec 2018

  Vice-Dean, Professor of Medicine & Psychiatry
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  Columbia University Medical Center

  Sept 2004 - Dec 2018

  Provide strategic leadership and academic quality improvement to drive Center to new heights in reputation and influence, as evidenced by dramatic increases in funding, publications, and faculty development. Center currently includes a staff and faculty of 50 highly skilled interdisciplinary professionals (internists, cardiologists, psychologists, exercise physiologists, and quantitative faculty) engaged in more than 20 different interdisciplinary grant-funded research studies investigating 1) the behavioral and biological factors that explain the relationship between depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and cardiovascular disease, 2) the science of health behavior change, 3) the psychosocial factors and biological mechanisms that contribute to hypertension, 4) alternative approaches to diagnosing and treating hypertension, and 5) optimal patient-centered hospital environments and operations. Center currently publishes 1 peer-reviewed article every 3 days, and submits 14-21 NIH grants per year. Show less

  • Vice Dean

    Mar 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Director, Center for Cardiovascular Behavioral Health

    Jan 2009 - Dec 2018

  • Professor of Medicine & Psychiatry

    Sept 2003 - Dec 2018

  • Associate Director, Irving Institute

    Sept 2004 - Dec 2014
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  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

  Chief Academic Officer

  Charged with creating, implementing, and realizing a strategic vision for NewYork Presbyterian healthcare educational mission that is driven by academic excellence, educational and technological innovation, and inspired by NewYork Presbyterian's mission to be #1. Shape the vision and sets strategic goals for executive healthcare leadership excellence and innovation in existing and new program areas and enhance teaching and learning in the NewYork Presbyterian clinical environment.

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  Northwell Health

  Jan 2019 - now

  Senior Vice President Research