Adam Pope

Adam Pope

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Public Relations Manager, Traditional University Campus

arpope@uab.edu • (205) 934-6986

Leads external communications for units within the traditional university campus. Pope and his team proactively reach out to the media to secure media hits telling the story of happenings on campus ranging from the arts to student stories, graduate and undergraduate research and beyond. The team works reactively to ensure appropriate experts are connected with media within their deadline.

Specific beats include: School of Health Professions; College of Arts and Sciences; Political Science; Criminal Justice; Anthropology; Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Collat School of Business; School of Education; Administrative News; Office of the Provost for Student and Faculty Success; Enrollment, Admissions, Financial Aid; Human Resources; Issues Management; Student Affairs/Student Life;Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center

UAB’s Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program celebrates 30 years of patient care

Treating blood disorders and cancers cannot be done alone. It requires the strong will of a patient, the support of family, and the compassion and expertise of a world-renowned health care team, like those with the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB’s Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy program.
Treating blood disorders and cancers cannot be done alone. It requires the strong will of a patient, the support of family, and the compassion and expertise of a world-renowned health care team, like those with the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB’s Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy program.

Chen inducted into ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Chen sets an example for his surgical mentees and invites them into the field of surgery through his publications and research.
Chen sets an example for his surgical mentees and invites them into the field of surgery through his publications and research.

Live HealthSmart Alabama receives UAB funding for two more years

Live HealthSmart’s goal is to improve Alabama’s national health ranking by 2030.
Live HealthSmart’s goal is to improve Alabama’s national health ranking by 2030.

UAB adult spina bifida program provides care transitions

UAB adult spina bifida program provides care transitions
An independent life for spina bifida patients is still possible, thanks to programs like the UAB Transitional Spina Bifida Clinic.

RECOVER post-COVID study to enroll participants from the Deep South

The effort led by UAB is projected to receive $17 million from NIH to support up to four years of patient follow-up.
The effort led by UAB is projected to receive $17 million from NIH to support up to four years of patient follow-up.

Live HealthSmart, Bundles of Hope Diaper bank partner to provide community with affordable produce and free diapers

Community members can visit 11th Ave Church of God in Christ in Kingston from 9:30-11:30 a.m., on October 27.
Community members can visit 11th Ave Church of God in Christ in Kingston from 9:30-11:30 a.m., on October 27.

ZAMBAMA grant leverages “reverse innovation” to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and improve HIV outcomes

UAB’s Julie Kanter, Ph.D., says population-wide surveillance programs can help to facilitate progress in treatment of sickle cell disease.
The collaboration puts UAB experts on the ground in Zambia to strengthen research and public health capacity and address major global health challenges.

Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama supports O’Neal Invests with $400,000 in awards

The O’Neal Invests program funds UAB investigators starting new cancer-related projects to initiate key, preliminary work needed to enable competitive R01 applications from the NIH.
The O’Neal Invests program funds UAB investigators starting new cancer-related projects to initiate key, preliminary work needed to enable competitive R01 applications from the NIH.

Life expectancy, outcomes improving after BMT but still behind general population, study finds

Blood and marrow transplantation strategies have changed significantly over the past four decades; but recipients still experience excess mortality that translates into 8.7 years of life lost, according to researchers in UAB’s Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship.

Blood and marrow transplantation strategies have changed significantly over the past four decades; but recipients still experience excess mortality that translates into 8.7 years of life lost, according to researchers in UAB’s Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship.

$25 million grant renewal promotes access to health and wellness programs for those with disabilities nationwide

NCHPAD will utilize the grant, the largest in the history of the UAB School of Health Professions, to expand its role as a knowledge translation and implementation science/evaluation center to promote access to health and wellness programs for people with disabilities across the nation.
NCHPAD will utilize the grant, the largest in the history of the UAB School of Health Professions, to expand its role as a knowledge translation and implementation science/evaluation center to promote access to health and wellness programs for people with disabilities across the nation.
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