To contact the HEO Steering Committee directly, email can be sent to any member or to heo-sc@csi.cuny.edu

HEO Steering Committee Meeting Schedule: Spring 2021

Tuesday, 16 February, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Monday, 15 March, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Monday, 12 April, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Monday, 17 May, 12:00pm-1:00pm

HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICER STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE COLLEGE COUNCIL

Name Position Department
Winsome Alston Member (2022) College Testing Office
Chrisanthi Anastopoulou Member (2021) Office of Academic Support
Warrick Bell Member (2023) Dean's Office, School of Business
Clarisse Domingo Member (2021) Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program
Mary Murphy Co-Chair (2021) Counseling Center
Juline Robinson Member (2023) Registrar's Office
Suzy Shepardson Co-Chair (2022) Registrar's Office
Fausto Canela Alternate (2021) Faculty Center for Professional Development
Hernán Green Alternate (2021) Registrar's Office
Michael Volpe Alternate (2021) Biology

 

CSI HEO LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Name Department Nominee
Manuela Alongi Human Resources President's Nominee
Danielle Dimitrov Interim Executive Director of Student Services President's Nominee
Emmanuel Esperance Recruitment & Admissions PSC-CUNY Nominee
Jennifer Lynch Institutional Advancement PSC-CUNY Nominee
Terry Mares Institutional Advancement & External Affairs PSC-CUNY Nominee
Ashley Ware Student & Enrollment Services President's Nominee

 

CSI HEO SCREENING COMMITTEE

Name Position
Jessica Collura Director of Emplyee Relations & Labor Designee
Catherine Ferrara Interim Chief Diversity Officer & Title IX Coordinator
Susan Holak Dean, Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business
Patricia Kahn Assistant Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Information Technology Services
Mary Murphy Counseling Center / HEO Steering Committee
Jessica Stein Academic Affairs
Robert Wallace Chief of Staff / Deputy to the President / Executive Legal Counsel to the President

 

HEO Scholarly Activity

Publication:  The Activation of Heat Shock Factors Mediates Crucial Cell Survival Responses
Dr. Leonardo (Leo) Pignataro, Center for Advising and Academic Success.

One of CSI HEO staff has contributed a peer-reviewed article to the Special Issue, “Heat Shock Factors: Many Roles in the Nervous System in Health and Disease,” where leading world experts highlight the current knowledge on the regulations of Heat Shock response in the brain.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neuroscience-letters/special-issue/10PZ2215PSJ
 
The Heat Shock response is an evolutive conserved cellular defense mechanism that protects cells from several types of stress, increasing their tolerance against damage, and enhancing their survival. In his article, Dr. Pignataro discusses the beneficial effects of moderate alcohol consumption. He presents compelling evidence that low concentrations of alcohol protect individuals from dementia. Additionally, research suggests that intoxicated alcohol patients are less likely to die due to traumatic brain injury. Finally, low concentrations of alcohol seem to protect the brain from cerebrovascular accidents (CVA).
 
Dr. Pignataro’s research demonstrates that moderate alcohol consumption, reached during social drinking, activates the expression of the stress chaperone proteins, the Heat Shock Proteins. The activation of these proteins protects the brain cells from further damage and reduces the chances of death. His research elucidated the genetic mechanism, the genomic sequences, and the intracellular transduction pathway that alcohol activates to induce the Heat Shock Proteins. Leo concludes that the complete elucidation of this pathway is essential to identifying potential therapeutic targets that could protect the brain against neurodegenerative and acute diseases.
 
L. Pignataro Alcohol protects the CNS by activating HSF1 and inducing the Heat Shock Proteins (2019). Neurosci. Letters 713: 134507.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030439401930610X?dgcid=author#sec0050

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