Adam Pope
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Manager of Public Relations
arpope@uab.edu | (205) 934-6986Leads external communications for units within the medical entities. Pope and his team proactively tell stories through external media outlets, featuring news about research, clinical happenings, patient stories and beyond at UAB. The team works reactively to connect appropriate experts with media on subject matter expertise.
Specific beats:
- Health System Administration
- Heersink School of Medicine
- Medical Facilities
- Medical Partnerships/Alliances
- School of Health Professions
- Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center
- Live HealthSmart Alabama
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Surgery
- Transplantation
Children who can read on grade level by the end of third grade are 13 times more likely to graduate from high school than those who cannot.
Many patients have been struggling to pay for their treatment, and the financial consequences can affect a person’s emotional well-being. This collaborative effort will recruit researchers nationwide to help solve these issues.
In a study of more than 6,000 American adults, UAB investigators found that those with a coronary artery calcium score greater than zero have a higher risk of cardiac events. CAC may help guide blood pressure control and comprehensive cardiovascular care.
UAB researchers examined the lack of representation of women and racial/ethnic minorities in higher levels of academic medicine and created several initiatives to ensure that, moving forward, UAB is part of the solution.
George Yang, M.D., Ph.D., was nominated by his peers for his sense of integrity, dedication and leadership to the promotion of Asians in the academic surgery setting.
A UAB nurse was the only resource for sharing what life was like inside the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at UAB Hospital.
American Cancer Society Emergency Lodging grants focus on addressing unmet lodging needs of cancer patients, particularly vulnerable populations experiencing an unequal burden of cancer.
Innovation is widely regarded as one of the most important sources of sustainable competitive advantage in an increasingly changing environment.
Research found that gaining community members’ perspectives to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19, related to prevention, coping and testing, may potentially improve outcomes.
The starter online wellness program offers patients the opportunity to work with a health coach to assist them in improving and self-managing their health from home.