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Headshot of Matthew Miller, Director of Communications & Public Relations

Matt Miller

Director of Communications & Public Relations

Ann Trapaga, Digital Communications Manager

Ann Trapaga

Digital Communications Manager

Professional headshot of Filbert Fontejon, digital communications specialist

Filbert Fontejon

Digital Communications Specialist

Headshot of Melissa Weckerle, digital communications specialist

Melissa Weckerle

Digital Communications Specialist

Headshot of Jessica Banfield, marketing, communications and events specialist

Jessica Banfield

Marketing, Communications & Events Specialist

Headshot of Michelle Heath, manger of communications & public relations

Michelle Heath

Communications & Public Relations Manager

Headshot of Shani Murray, Senior Science Writer

Shani Murray

Senior Science Writer

Headshot of Joanna Wu, digital communications specialist

Joanna Wu

Digital Communications Specialist

External Communications

News, Feature Stories & Press Releases

Matt Miller, Shani Murray

somnews@hs.uci.edu

Media Inquiries & PR Support

Matt Miller, Michelle Heath

Social Media Support

Joanna Wu

Event Graphic Design & Marketing Materials Support

Jessica Banfield

Request CME event support

Request non-CME event support

General Questions

somcomms@hs.uci.edu

Internal Communications

Email Messages

Matt Miller, Joanna Wu

Internal message request form



CME Activity Newsletters (Grand Rounds)

Jessica Banfield

somcomms@hs.uci.edu



Dean's Newsletter

Michelle Heath

Research Insider

Joanna Wu

Submit an event to Research Insider

Submit a funding opportunity to Research Insider

somresearch@hs.uci.edu

General Questions

somcomms@hs.uci.edu

Digital Communications

Ann Trapaga, Filbert Fontejon, Melissa Weckerle

Website Design, Development & Edits

Web edit request form



General Graphic Design Support

somweb@hs.uci.edu

General Questions

somweb@hs.uci.edu

Organizational chart of the SOM Communications team.

Row 1: Matt Miller (Director of Communications & Public Relations). Row 2: Ann Trapaga (Digital Communications Manager). Row 3: Jessica Banfield (Marketing, Communications & Events Specialist), Michelle Heath (Communications & Public Relations Manager), Shani Murray (Senior Science Writer), Joanna Wu (Digital Communications Specialist), Filbert Fontejon (Digital Communications Specialist), Melissa Weckerle (Digital Communications Specialist)