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 hosts annual day of service

UAB hosts annual day of service
UAB Dentistry Cares helps raise awareness of the increasing difficulty that low-income adults face in accessing critical dental services.

Nurses partner with families for a healthy future

Nurses partner with families for a healthy future
The UAB School of Nursing and community partners are providing a helping hand for vulnerable first-time mothers through Nurse-Family Partnership®.

UAB establishes Obesity Health Disparities Research Center

UAB establishes Obesity Health Disparities Research Center
The center is funded by a $7 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Meneses appointed to NINR position

Meneses appointed to NINR position
Karen Meneses, Ph.D., professor and associate dean for Research and Scholarship, has been appointed to the National Institute of Nursing Research National Advisory Council, which helps guide NINR’s direction, through 2021.

Cardiovascular disease prevention and intervention strategies for African-American men on tap at upcoming conference

Cardiovascular disease prevention and intervention strategies for African-American men on tap at upcoming conference
CHAAMPS exists to develop, implement and evaluate interventions to improve African-American men’s health through research, outreach and training.

Physicians react to flu forecasts, recommend preparing now for flu season

Physicians react to flu forecasts, recommend preparing now for flu season
nycu graphic 2Data suggest the United States could have a worse than average flu season. Flu season typically lasts from early October to February, but UAB experts say it is never too late to get vaccinated.

Becker’s includes UAB as one of 100 hospitals with great heart programs

Becker’s includes UAB as one of 100 hospitals with great heart programs
UAB Hospital houses a 21-bed cardiac care unit specializing in procedures such as heart transplants and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.

Two nursing students selected as RWJF Scholars

Two nursing students selected as RWJF Scholars
Colleen Anusiewicz, R.N., and Jessica Corcoran, MSN, will each receive $75,000 in RWJF funding over the next three years and a dollar-for-dollar match from the school to pursue their doctoral studies.

UAB School of Medicine honors the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama

UAB School of Medicine honors the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
The ESFA was founded in 1997 after the sale of the Callahan Eye Hospital to UAB, and has a mission of awarding grants to nonprofits conducting vision research, education and patient care.

Mona Fouad elected to National Academy of Medicine

Mona Fouad elected to National Academy of Medicine
Fouad has worked to establish the validity of health disparities as a national scientific research priority.
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