As Assistant Director of Communications, Emily collaborates with the communications director to drive strategy, development and publication of communications initiatives to accomplish short-term and long-range objectives across the missions of research, teaching and patient care of the College of Medicine and UF Health. In particular, Emily leads the efforts and objectives of the college’s editorial, storytelling and digital communications strategy. She serves as managing editor for the college’s flagship publication, Florida Physician magazine.

Prior to joining the UF Medicine staff in 2021, she served as the business reporter for the Gainesville Sun newspaper and interned as a science writer with the Florida Museum of Natural History. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UF.