Responsibilities

• lead strategic communications that advance the center's mission in research, clinical care, education, and community engagement.
• develops and implements integrated communications strategies that increase public understanding of brain health, dementia, and aging; elevate the center's scientific and clinical impact; and strengthen relationships with patients, families, collaborators, donors, and community partners.
• serving as a strategic communications partner across the center, leading multimedia storytelling, digital communications, media relations, website and social media management, project management, and cross-functional communications initiatives.
• collaborates with faculty, clinicians, researchers, staff, and institutional partners—including the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) and the Community Outreach Program (COP)—to translate complex science into accurate, accessible, and engaging communications for diverse audiences.
• A key area of responsibility includes supporting interdisciplinary initiatives in NeuroArts, including communications related to neuroaesthetics research and the application of the arts to promote brain health, dementia care, and community engagement, by developing creative communications strategies, fostering partnerships, and producing multimedia content that promotes brain health, reduces stigma associated with dementia, and expands community engagement.
• The position manages multiple concurrent projects, coordinates internal and external stakeholders, and ensures communications align with UCSF standards and the center's strategic priorities.