Our team

	Christy Adams, R.N., B.S.N., Injury Prevention Coordinator Contact: (916) 734-9794, christy.adams@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Christy Adams is the Coordinator for the University of Californa Davis Health System, Trauma Prevention Program. Graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor's in Nursing from the University of Arizona, her clinical nursing background has focused on trauma, emergency, and critical care medicine. In her current position, Ms. Adams works to identify the leading causes of trauma related death and injury in the Sacramento area and develop evidence based prevention strategies.
	Catherine Morris, B.S., Child Passenger Safety Coordinator Contact: (916) 734-9784, catherine.morris@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Catherine Morris is the Community Health Program Supervisor and Child passenger Safety Coordinator for the trauma prevention program. Cathy has worked in the area of traffic safety since 1986 and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the program. Her ongoing outreach providing car seat education in the community has earned UC Davis Children's Hospital recognition in Sacramento as a valuable resource for families with children of all ages. In addition to her work in the community, Cathy oversees the hospital car seat program that provides up to date education for hospital staff and parents of our pediatric patients. Ms. Morris graduated in 1976 from California State University, Chico with a BS in Liberal Studies and received her California Teaching Credential from CSUC in 1977.
	Dana Covington, R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N.,Project Manager, Adolescent Screening and Brief Intervention Contact: (916) 734-9795, dana.covington@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Dana Covington is the Project Manager for the Adolescent Screening and Brief Intervention Project at the University of Californa Davis Health System. She Graduated in 1989 with an Associate's degree in Nursing. In 2005, she received a Bachelor's degree and in 2007, she earned a Master's degree, both in Nursing, from the University of Phoenix. She has twenty years of clinical emergency nursing experience at level one trauma centers. In her current position with trauma prevention, Ms. Covington manages a multi-site project in the Sacramento region, working to reduce future adolescent alcohol intake among a population of adolescents at risk for alcohol abuse.
	Nkiruka Herche, B.A., Administrative Assitant II Contact: (916) 734-9798, nkiruka.herche@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Nkiruka Herche has recently joined the trauma prevention team after receiving a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from UC Davis in 2008. Nkiruka provides administrative support for the department's numerous youth and alcohol programs and the Sacramento Youth and Alcohol Coalition. Nkiruka also provides data entry support for a drunk driving prevention project developed as a joint venture between UC Davis Medical Center, the California Office of Traffic Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles.