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.
Please see our media guidelines for information on how to connect with a member of our team outside of business hours.
Beat List
Jackie Carr
Assistant Executive Director of Communications and Media Relations
jcarr@ucsd.edu
858-249-0420
Beat Areas
- Crisis communications / issues management
- Hospital affiliations and sponsorships
- Infectious diseases
- Jacobs Medical Center
- Labor Relations
- Radiology
- Regulatory Affairs
- Surgery (general and abdominal transplant)
- Weight management and weight loss surgery
- Volunteer Services
Scott LaFee
Director of Media Relations
slafee@ucsd.edu
858-249-0431
Beat Areas
- Aging
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Autism
- Clinical trials
- HIV/AIDS
- Neurosciences
- Ophthalmology
- Stem cells
Heather Buschman, PhD
Senior Public Information Officer
hbuschman@ucsd.edu
858-249-0417
Beat Areas
- Anesthesiology and pain medicine
- Bioinformatics / data science
- Cellular and molecular medicine (research)
- Drug discovery
- Microbiome
- Nanomedicine
- Orthopedic surgery and sports medicine
- Pathology
- Pharmacy and pharmacology
Yadira Galindo
Public Information Officer
ygalindo@ucsd.edu
858-249-0423
Beat Areas
- Bone marrow transplantation
- Cancer
- Dermatology
- Diabetes and endocrinology
- Hematology
- Metabolic diseases
- Neurology (cancer)
- Radiation oncology
- Surgery (cancer)
- Urology
Michelle Brubaker
Senior Public Information Officer
mmbrubaker@ucsd.edu
858-249-0416
Beat Areas
- Cardiovascular and heart surgery (includes transplant and endovascular surgery)
- Eating disorders
- Family medicine and public health
- Gastroenterology
- Neonatology
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Primary care
- Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Gabrielle Johnston, MPH
Public Information Officer
gnjohnston@ucsd.edu
858-249-0428
Beat Areas
- Allergy, immunology and rheumatology
- Emergency medicine
- Global health
- Hepatology
- Nephrology
- Neurology (stroke)
- Psychiatry
- Trauma and burn care