Office of Public Affairs

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The School of Medicine media relations staff publicizes newsworthy discoveries and achievements by our physicians and basic scientists, reports substantial grant awards and journal publications, and highlights stories of human interest.

Media Relations services include:

  • Responding to inquiries from print and broadcast journalists, and arranging interviews with faculty, staff and students
  • Planning and coordinating news conferences and other events of interest to the news media
  • Offering story ideas to reporters, editors, and producers
  • Writing and distributing news releases and feature stories
  • for internal and external publications and for the Web
  • Training faculty and staff for more effective communication with reporters
  • Tracking media coverage of the School of Medicine in local, national and international news publications and broadcasts
NPR Interviews faculty
  NPR Anchor Melissa Block interviews
  faculty member Dr. George Markelonis.

Resources for the Media

News Release Archive
School of Medicine News & Publications
Just the Facts
About the School of Medicine
About Dean Reece





Contact:

A media relations staff person is always available by calling (410) 706-7590, (410) 328-8919, or by pager at (410) 748-9528.

School of Medicine Media Relations Staff:

Ellen Beth Levitt
Director, Media Relations
(410) 328-8919
pager: (410) 748-9528
E-mail: eblevitt@umm.edu

Karen Buckelew
Senior Media Relations Specialist
(410) 706-7590
E-mail: kbuckelew@som.umaryland.edu

Cindy Rivers (For the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center only)
Media Relations Specialist
(410) 328-3697
E-mail: crivers@umm.edu

Nora Grannell (For the Institute of Human Virology only)
Director, Public Relations and Marketing
Institute of Human Virology (IHV)
(410) 706-1954
ngrannell@ihv.umaryland.edu

 

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