Cool photo alert!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Regardless whether that's true, we’ve seen that images featured on The Insider seem to be worth a thousand clicks or more!

We’ve heard you loud and clear: You appreciate a great photo when you see one. So, we’ve developed a photo gallery page to showcase awesome pictures from around campus or featuring UC Davis Health employees, faculty and students. We’ll feature images from our resident photographer, Wayne Tilcock, and we also want to share some photos you have taken.

Have you captured an image worth sharing organization-wide? One you think your colleagues would enjoy, a picture worth celebrating, or an image showcasing how special your team, favorite humans, or animals are? Or you simply want to show off your UC Davis Health pride.

Well, lucky for you, we’ve created a venue!

Internal Communications invites UC Davis Health team members to share their recent favorite photos. The photo gallery page aims to showcase a more personal touch among our health community and highlight moments that bring us (and others) joy and gratitude or make us laugh.

Here’s how to be considered for a future feature on the Insider

• Attach a high-resolution photo and email it to HS-InternalCommunications@ucdavis.edu.
• In a few words, tell us what the picture is about. For example, did you take a solo or family trip and perfectly capture the moment? Or did you volunteer at a local nonprofit event you want to highlight? Did your pet make a cute face, and it warmed your heart? Were you with your team members on campus at a special event? Describe the scene and why you want it featured on The Insider.
• Confirm that anyone in the photo consents to having their picture published online—nonverbal cues from your pet suffice, too. To be respectful of everyone, please make sure any humans included in the photo are “okay” with their picture being published online. Also, ensure that if it is a picture on campus, no patients or identifiable patient information is displayed anywhere in the picture.

If you have questions about the photo feature, please contact Internal Communications at HS-internalcommunications@ucdavis.edu.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius

Photos by UC Davis Health photographer, Wayne Tilcock

Date: Dec. 19, 2014
Description: Pediatric patient Anna French donated 70 wrapped Christmas trees for the children's hospital. She had to stay in the hospital for the holidays one year and has been donating tree kits for other kids to have on Christmas.

Date: Dec. 10, 2024
Description: Santa visits Davis 7.

Date: Oct. 31, 2024
Description: Three babies in the UC Davis NICU are dressed as Dalmatians for Halloween.

Date: Oct. 1
Description: Medical students jump for joy in celebration of their achievements.

Date: January 2024
Description: Ellie Hipwell runs to the arms of her father, Matthew Hipwell, a pediatric nurse at the UC Davis Children's Surgery Center. This image was recently featured in the Children's Hospital Association's photo collection. Read more about the image here.

Date: August 2024
Description: A group of new radiation oncology residents at the cancer center celebrate their achievements.

Date: September 18, 2024
Description: The facility and service dogs for the 2025 calendar. The theme is a day in the life and includes activities like clocking in, seeing patients, playing hacky sack with PT, training, riding the shuttle and more.

Employee-submitted photos

Submitted by: Maya Spiteri
Date: Dec. 16, 2024
Description: "Fortunate to have caught this beauty on my way up to the office today!"

Submitted by: Kimberli Puccinelli
Date: Dec. 3, 2024
Description: "When I snapped this shot from my daughter's room on (redacted) in November, I wasn't aware the Kings were playing. Needless to say, they won! Light the beam!"

Submission by: Roni Kizar
Date: Nov. 23, 2024
Description: "I captured the beautiful sky while walking into work on day shift on the stormy morning of 11/22."

Submission by: Elvia Onukwugha
Date: Nov. 20, 2024
Description: A picture at night on the helipad.

Submission by: Hang Tsan
Date: Nov. 20, 2024
Description: East 6 Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit achieves 365 days without a central line infection.

Submitted by: Brian Groeschel
Date: Oct. 3, 2024
Description: "When I need to reset, I create. I have always wanted to work on a wooden boat and was approached with this unique and unusual request. The rowboat has been in our friends' family for 60-plus years and was in need of refurbishment. This was the result of three long months of work. I was able to color match the cornflower yellow paint." (Brian adds, "The boat acknowledges that it is OK with its photo being published.")

Date: August 1, 2024
Description: The UC Davis Health PICU and Davis 7 got invaded by a few stars Thursday as Causeplay for Hope paid the campus a visit.

Submitted by: Zamarripa Mendoza
Date: September 2022
Description: "Beautiful sight before her shift started."