Media Advocacy Training
The UC Davis Children’s Hospital Media and Child Health Education Program provides media advocacy training for pediatric residents. Media advocacy training is integrated into the Community Health and Advocacy rotation. For residents who are interested, the program works with residents to identify areas of media health advocacy interest, develop appropriate messaging, and provide media appearance opportunities.
Recent resident media appearances are noted below.
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Rachel Heidt, M.D. (2020) discusses Baking No-No's on Good Day Sacramento. |
September 25, 2020
Halloween in 2020 – A Different Kind of Scary
Source for Halloween cartoon on a Guide to a safe Halloween: How to make trick-or-treating fun during coronavirus pandemic
Daphne Darmawan
Sacramento Bee
November 26, 2019
Rachel Heidt
Good Day Sacramento
September 25, 2019
Scarlet Fever Case at Elementary School – Scarlet Fever Need to Know
Sage Timberline
KCRA 3
February 28, 2019
Kids and Screen Time »
Lena Rothstein
Studio40 Live
February 21, 2019
Mommy Moment
Lena Rothstein
Good Day Sacramento
December 31, 2018
Facts families need to know about JUULing
Tiffany Heckendorn
ABC 10
December 13, 2018
Sleeping Better
Monica Mattes
ABC 10
November 27, 2018
2 Peds In A Pod
Lena Rothstein
Good Day Sacramento
July 19, 2018
Sac & Co Hot Weather Dangers
Lena Rothstein
ABC 10
May 24, 2018
How to Protect Your Child’s Skin from the Sun
Lena Rothstein
Fox 40
January 22, 2018
UC Davis Medical Center preparing for potential surge in flu patients
Lena Rothstein
ABC 10
December 19, 2017
This Season’s Flu Sending Patients To The Doctor’s Office Sooner
Lena Rothstein
CBS Sacramento
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Lena van der List, D.O. (2020) records a Kids Considered podcast. Lena and her mentor, Dr. Dean Blumberg, launched Kids Considered in 2018, when Lena was a second-year resident. |
Kids Considered podcast »
Lena van der List (Kids Considered podcast highlighted in Children’s Hospital Association: Pediatricians’ Podcast Connects with Families on COVID-19)
with Special Guest appearances / writing by the following pediatric residents:
Samantha Goggin – Throwing Some Shade – A Discussion of Sun Safety – June 22, 2020
Vidhi Jhaveri – Adverse Childhood Experiences Explained – May 25, 2020
Ellen McCleery – Coronavirus – Special Update Edition – April 22, 2020
Ellen McCleery – Coronavirus – Special Update Edition – April 15, 2020
Helaine St. Amant and Jason Lau – Firearm Safety & Children – April 13, 2020
Ellen McCleery – Coronavirus – Special Update Edition – April 8, 2020
Jess Huang – The Writing is on the Wall: Reading with Children is Great! - October 14, 2019
Tiffany Heckendorn – Heads in the Clouds – The Epidemic of Teen Vaping – April 29, 2019
December 5, 2018
UC Davis Children’s Hospital Launches ‘2 Peds In A Pod’
Lena Rothstein
Capital Public Radio
October 4, 2018
Preventing Flu Infections
Monica Mattes
Capital Public Radio
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Suzanne Stewart, M.D. (2019) wrote a commentary on vaccination exemptions. |
July 12, 2020
Avoid being mislead about your own health
Leo Rozal
Davis Enterprise
September 21, 2019
Why do babies lose their hair?
Sage Timberline
Interviewed for Live Science
September 15, 2019
Why don’t newborns have tears or sweat?
Sage Timberline
Interviewed for Live Science
August 8, 2019
Food stamp cuts could force more schoolchildren to go hungry
Monica Mattes
San Francisco Chronicle
May 9, 2019
Exploiting fear: Too many doctors are giving exemptions from life-saving vaccinations
Suzanne Stewart
Sacramento News & Review
February 8, 2019
Pot brownies can kill toddlers. It’s time for childproof cannabis packaging law
Lena Rothstein
Sacramento Bee
October 25, 2018
Dean Blumberg and Lena Rothstein: Pediatrician podcasters
Lena Rothstein
Sacramento News & Review
July 6, 2018
Why raw milk is dangerous and needs to be regulated
Vidhi Jhaveri
Sacramento Bee