Laura Coverson
Senior Communications Specialist
Laura Coverson supports the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine (gastroenterology, pulmonology, critical care medicine, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, nephrology, internal medicine and hepatology), the KAO Autoimmunity Institute and the Human Microbiome Institute. She is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and medical news producer who previously worked in the news divisions of ABC and CBS networks and at KCET. Laura can be reached at [email protected].
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