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Health Sciences Communications, a team within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, is a strategic communications resource for all Health Sciences faculty and staff. We partner with communications professionals across all Health Sciences schools, centers and institutes to raise the profile of Health Sciences and communicate its value and impact to internal and external audiences.

For media inquiries, please email healthscicomm@ucsd.edu or see the UC San Diego media contacts.

Health Sciences Communications

Sarah Bjorkman Executive Director of Strategic Communications		sbjorkman@ucsd.edu

Lizelda Lopez Associate Director of Media Relations Interim Team Lead of Communications, Sanford Stem Cell Institute		llopez2@health.ucsd.edu

Miles Martin Senior Communications and Media Relations Manager		milesmartin@health.ucsd.edu

Susanne Clara Bard Senior Communications and Media Relations Manager		sbard@health.ucsd.edu

Mariel Jungkunz Assistant Director of Internal Communications		mjungkunz@health.ucsd.edu

Cindy Mam Communications Project Manager		cmam@health.ucsd.edu

Health Sciences Schools

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

Yadira Galindo Director of Communications		y2galindo@ucsd.edu

Tyler DeLong Communications Specialist		ttdelong@ucsd.edu

School of Medicine

Stephanie Healey Director of Communications		s2healey@ucsd.edu

Joyce Pritchett Communications Specialist		jmpritchett@ucsd.edu

Melinda Sevilla Social Media Strategist		mesevilla@ucsd.edu

Alexandre Shadyab Website & Graphic Design Specialist		alexandreshadyab@health.ucsd.edu

For general inquiries related to School of Medicine communications, please email somcommunications@ucsd.edu

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Monica May (she/her) Assistant Director of Communications		m3may@ucsd.edu

Health Sciences Institutes and Centers

Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute

Jen Ruby Operations Specialist		jaruby@health.ucsd.edu

Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity

Andrea Siedsma Communications Manager		alsiedsma@health.ucsd.edu

Moores Cancer Center

Yariela Freeman Marketing and Communications Manager		yfreeman@ucsd.edu

Sanford Institute for Empathy & Compassion

Angela Elo-Rivera Manager of Communications		aelorivera@ucsd.edu

Sanford Stem Cell Institute

Lizelda Lopez Interim Team Lead of Communications		llopez2@health.ucsd.edu

Stein Institute for Research on Aging

Sasha Weiss Director of Communications		saweiss@ucsd.edu

UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is the region’s only academic health system and is ranked the #1 hospital system in San Diego by U.S. News & World Report. Reach out to the UC San Diego Health communications team to learn more.