Adam Pope

Adam Pope

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Manager of Public Relations

arpope@uab.edu | (205) 934-6986

Leads 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

Cancer health and education providers stress importance of colorectal cancer awareness following death of “Black Panther” actor

Cancer health and education providers stress importance of colorectal cancer awareness following death of “Black Panther” actor
Black people in the United States have the highest rates of colorectal cancer of any racial or ethnic group, according to the American Cancer Society.

Vickers and Pisu receive $3 million National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant

Vickers and Pisu receive $3 million National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant
Drs. Vickers and Pisu will use a $3 million, five-year National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant to study barriers that may exist for GI cancer patients to access quality cancer surgery in Alabama and Mississippi.

Low health literacy may be a risk factor for postoperative infection

Low health literacy may be a risk factor for postoperative infection
Low or limited health literacy is common among adults in the United States and may affect health outcomes in many ways, according to the government’s Healthy People 2020.

Study focuses on low-carb, high-fat diet effect on older populations

Study focuses on low-carb, high-fat diet effect on older populations
Amy Goss, Ph.D., RDN, says egg consumption can be incorporated into the diet in a healthful way without adversely impacting blood cholesterol in older adults.

Dreer joins advisory board for Prevent Blindness, patient engagement program

Dreer joins advisory board for Prevent Blindness, patient engagement program
The A.S.P.E.C.T program’s goal is to empower individuals to be engaged in their eye health in every way. 

Learn how masking negatively affects those with hearing loss — and how you can help

Learn how masking negatively affects those with hearing loss — and how you can help
Many individuals with hearing impairment, no matter the degree, use some degree of lip-reading while communicating.

Department of Occupational Therapy celebrates first doctoral graduate

Department of Occupational Therapy celebrates first doctoral graduate
Tamara Traber is the first graduate of UAB’s online Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy program, the only one like it in Alabama.

UAB study named best research article in Movement Disorders journal

UAB study named best research article in Movement Disorders journal
This was the first study to evaluate the impact of exercise on objective sleep outcomes in persons with Parkinson’s disease.

Why does COVID-19 impair your sense of smell?

Why does COVID-19 impair your sense of smell?
UAB’s Jessica Grayson, M.D., digs deeper into the mysterious phenomenon of losing your sense of smell after becoming infected with COVID-19.

UAB COVID Respiratory Clinic expands telehealth efforts

UAB COVID Respiratory Clinic expands telehealth efforts
Funding from the FCC supports smart technology in use at the UAB COVID respiratory clinic.
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