UCSF News Office is responsible for working with faculty and staff about news of interest to the media. We are a resource for:
- Preparing and distributing news releases
- Responding to news inquiries
- Coordinating phone interviews
- Coordinating all media inquires and media visits to UCSF
- Providing information about UCSF and its programs
- Providing photographs and digital images
- Developing communication plans
News releases - Timely Heads Up
Faculty and staff with information on upcoming publications, presentations, grants or other activities that they think would be of interest to the external media should contact UCSF News Office. Lead time is important in preparing a news release or scheduling an interview. For example, release of information regarding scientific papers and grants is usually scheduled for a specific day by the given journal, agency or foundation, and UCSF News Office wants to work with you to meet this schedule. Please contact the staff member of UCSF News Office who covers your area as soon as you have a potential news item, such as having a paper accepted for publication or a grant bestowed. (Please see Contact us.)
Responding to Media Calls
UCSF News Office is responsible for handling all news inquiries and media relations related to programs affiliated with the UCSF Campus, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children's Hospital. It is important to coordinate with News Office on all calls and interviews with the media. Contact us at (415) 476-2557.
Photography and Video
Individuals and teams doing photography and video work on UCSF sites must be coordinated through UCSF News Office. Because this activity can require extensive advance work, please contact UCSF News Office as soon as discussions begin.
Contact Information
For UCSF News Office staff, their "beats," and contact information, please see Contact Us. The main phone number for UCSF News Office is (415) 476-2557. The fax number is (415) 476-3541. The telephone number is covered 24 hours a day, weekends and holidays. After regular business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time), a News Office staff person is on-call and available to help.
UCSF News Office staff are listed below, followed by “beats” and the correct contact person:
- Corinna Kaarlela
- Director, News Office
- 415-476-8254
- e-mail: ckaarlela@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Jennifer O’Brien
- Assistant News Director
- 415-476-8432
- e-mail: jobrien@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Kristen Bole
- Senior Public Information Representative
- 415-476-2743
- email: kbole@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Lauren Hammit
- Senior Public Information Representative
- 415-502-9553
- email: lhammit@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Kirsten Michener
- Senior Public Information Representative (Interim)
- 415-502-4608
- e-mail: kmichener@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Kate Schoen
- Senior Public Information Representative
- 415-476-3024
- e-mail: kschoen@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Jeff Sheehy
- Director for Communications, UCSF AIDS Research Institute
- 415-597-8165
- e-mail: jsheehy@ari.ucsf.edu
- Steve Tokar
- Manager of Communications, NCIRE
- 415-221-4810 x5202
- e-mail: steve.tokar@ncire.org
- Valerie Tucker
- Communications Officer, J. David Gladstone Institutes at UCSF
- 415-734-2019
- e-mail: vtucker@gladstone.ucsf.edu
Administrative Staff
- Jeff Cohen
- Analyst/Tracking and Reporting
- 415-476-4390
- e-mail: jcohen@pubaff.ucsf.edu
- Derek Deike
- News Assistant
- 415-476-1407
- email: ddeike@pubaff.ucsf.edu
Beats
- Allergy
- Anatomy
- Anesthesia
- Animal Research
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Bone Marrow Transplants
- California Poison Control System
- Cancer
- Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)
- Cardiovascular Services
- Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
- Children’s Services
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CRI
- CTSI
- CVRI
- Dentistry (School)
- Dermatology
- Diabetes (Basic Research)
- Diabetes (Clinical)
- Emergency
- Endocrinology
- Epidemiology
- Epilepsy
- Family and Community Medicine
- Fetal Treatment Center
- Gallo Center
- Gastroenterology
- General Clinical Research Centers
- General Internal Medicine
- Genetics
- Geriatrics
- Gladstone Institutes
- Global Health
- Headache Center
- Health Policy
- Hematology
- HIV/AIDS
- Hospitalists
- Immunology
- Integrative Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Lab Medicine
- Medical Center (UCSF)
- Memory & Aging
- Migraine Center
- Nephrology
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Neurology
- Neuroscience
- Neurosurgery
- Neurovascular Disease
- Nursing (School)
- Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
- Pain Clinical Research Center
- Pain Management Center
- Pathology
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Perinatology
- Pharmacy (Basic Research)
- Pharmacy (Clinical)
- Physiology
- Psychiatry (Basic Research and Clinical)
- Pulmonary Medicine
- QB3
- Radiology
- Reproductive Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Spine Center
- Sports Medicine
- Stem Cells
- Technology Transfer
- Transplants (Heart, Lung)
- Transplants (Bone Marrow, Kidney, Liver, Pancreas)
- UCSF Children’s Hospital
- UCSF Medical Center
- Urology
- VA Medical Center (Research and Clinical)
- Vascular Surgery
- Women’s Health Services
