For help with media requests, please contact the Department of Public Affairs & Marketing or call one of the public information officers listed below.

Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Email hs-publicaffairs@ucdavis.eduCall 916-734-9040

After business hours or on holidays or weekends

Email hs-publicaffairs@ucdavis.edu

For urgent media questions, call the hospital operator at 916-734-2011 and ask for the public information officer who is on call.

UC Davis Health media contacts

Pamela Wu | Director, News and Media Relations

916-734-9040

Rebecca Badeaux | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, Firefighter’s Burn Institute Regional Burn Center at UC Davis, Geriatrics

rrbadeaux@ucdavis.edu | 916-751-0443

Liam Connolly | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: UC Davis Medical Center, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine-Academic Affairs

lhconnolly@ucdavis.edu | 916-752-6480

Claudia Coons | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: Dermatology, Family and Community Medicine, Neurosurgery/ Neurology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spanish Language Media, Surgery

cacoons@ucdavis.edu | 916-367-8105

Edwin Garcia | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: UC Davis School of Medicine, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Spanish-language media

edmgarcia@ucdavis.edu | 916-734-9323

Lisa Howard | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Basic Sciences, Eye Center, Pathology/Lab Sciences, Psychiatry, Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP)

lehoward@ucdavis.edu | 916-752-6394

Marianne Russ Sharp | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: UC Davis MIND Institute

marsharp@ucdavis.edu | 916-734-9118

Tricia Tomiyoshi | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: UC Davis Children's Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology

ttomiyoshi@ucdavis.edu | 916-734-9706

Stephanie Winn | Senior Public Information Officer

Beat areas: Comprehensive Cancer Center

stawinn@ucdavis.edu | 916-501-9864

Nadine Yehya | Science Writer

nyehya@ucdavis.edu | 916-734-9036