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Media Statements: Coronavirus COVID-19
The safety and well-being of our patients and staff are our top priority.

Each member of our press team oversees a number of specialties, serving as the first point of contact for reporters seeking experts and for faculty and staff seeking public relations advice. For areas outside of these specialties, please call our main media line at 858-249-0456.

Beat List

Jackie Carr 

Jackie Carr

Assistant Executive Director of Communications and Media Relations
jcarr@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-0420

Beat Areas

  • Crisis Communications / Issues Management
  • Hospital Affiliations and Sponsorships
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Labor Relations
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Volunteer Services

Schools/Institutes/Centers:
Jacobs Medical Center, UC San Diego Health, Health Sciences, School of Medicine

Scott LaFee 

Scott LaFee

Director of Media Relations
slafee@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-0431

Beat Areas

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Anesthesiology / Pain Management
  • Autism
  • Clinical Trials
  • Neurosciences
  • Ophthalmology
  • Psychiatry
  • Sleep

Schools/Institutes/Centers:
ACTRI, Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics, Autism Center of Excellence, Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research

Heather Buschman 

Heather Buschman, PhD

Senior Public Information Officer
hbuschman@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-0417

Beat Areas

  • Bioinformatics / Data Science
  • Cellular and Molecular Medicine (Research)
  • Drug Discovery
  • Genetics
  • Microbiome
  • Nanomedicine
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacy and Pharmacology
  • Stem Cells

Schools/Institutes/Centers:
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Microbiome Innovation, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Institute for Engineering in Medicine, CARTA, Center for Drug Discovery Innovation, Center for Network Medicine, Center for Network Medicine, Sanford Consortium, Sanford Clinical Stem Cell Center

Yadira Galindo 

Yadira Galindo

Public Information Officer
ygalindo@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-0423

Beat Areas

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Cancer (and related surgeries)
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Head & Neck Cancers
  • Hematology
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Neurology (Cancer)
  • Nutrition
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Urology
  • Coronavirus

Schools/Institutes/Centers:
Moores Cancer Center, Center for Translational Imaging and Precision Medicine, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, Antiviral Research Center, Center for AIDS Research, HIV Institute

Michelle Brubaker

Michelle Brubaker

Senior Public Information Officer
mmbrubaker@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-0416

Beat Areas

  • Addiction
  • Aging (Psych)
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Medicine and Public Health
  • Gastroenterology
  • Infertility / Reproductive Medicine
  • Neonatology
  • Obesity / Weight Management
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Primary / Express / Urgent Care
  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Transplant (except Cardiac)

Schools/Institutes/Centers:
Rady Children’s Hospital, Stein Institute for Aging, Mother-Milk-Infant CORE, Center for Healthy Aging

Jeanna Vazquez

Jeanna Vazquez

Public Information Officer
jbvazquez@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-0428

Beat Areas

  • Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
  • Cardiovascular and Heart Surgery (includes Transplant and Endovascular)
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Global Public Health
  • Hepatology
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology (Stroke)
  • Poison / Toxicology
  • Radiology
  • Surgery
  • Trauma and Burn

Schools/Institutes/Centers:
California Poison Control System - San Diego Division, Center for the Future of Surgery

General Contact Info

During Business Hours:

  • Phone: 858-249-0456
  • Pager: 619-290-2688

Evenings/Weekends:

    • Pager: 619-290-2688.

   
Fax: 858-249-0453
healthscicomm@ucsd.edu

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