Lorna Fernandes
Senior Public Information Representative
Lorna Fernandes, senior public information representative at UCSF, manages media relations for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals overall and is the point person for day-to-day media stories for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
She has more than 25 years of experience in news reporting and communications, starting as a reporter at the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Business Times. After covering tech and business as a reporter, Lorna moved into communications for tech companies, including PeopleSoft, Oracle and Sybase. She went on to work with Brown & Toland and with Kaiser Permanente, before her previous position managing media relations for Alameda Health System. Lorna holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Francisco State University.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among the Nation’s Best in 2021-2022 US News & World Report
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UC Consortium Launches First Clinical Trial Using CRISPR to Correct Gene Defect That Causes Sickle Cell Disease
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Expanded Newborn Screening Could Save Premature Infants’ Lives
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among the Nation’s Best for 10 Specialties in 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report
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California Selects UCSF Trauma Screening Tool for Statewide Initiative to Combat Adverse Childhood Experiences
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- Patient Care
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New Center to Improve Emergency Response for Children Across Five Western States
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- Patient Care
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Excel in All 10 Specialties in 2019-20 U.S. News & World Report
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Patients with Sickle Cell Increase Healthy Blood Cells in New Drug Trial