Alicia Rohan

Alicia Rohan

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Director of External Public Relations

arohan@uab.edu • (205) 975-7515

Leads strategy development and implementation for a team of public relations professionals to coordinate external communications for the university and health system, including media relations, emergency communication, social media and special projects.

The National Eye Institute has awarded UAB’s Jason Nichols and colleagues a $1.9 million grant for dry eye research that could lead to a targeted therapy.
A UAB study examines teen sleep patterns and exposure to media in an effort to see if there is a link to teen obesity.
Older adults can develop cardiovascular risk factors later in life, according to a study from UAB.
The change of practice in C-section delivery improves the health of mom and baby.
Contact Lens Spectrum names UAB optometrist in the top 30 most influential in the contact lens industry.
Medical students from UAB demonstrate healthy eating ideas to attendees at a Birmingham farmers market.
Students enhance patient care and leadership with a dual degree master’s program in Physician Assistant Studies and Public Health through the UAB schools of Health Professions and Public Health.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will help investigate the influence of environmental exposures on children’s health from conception through early childhood.
A UAB crowdfunded study of Narcan to reverse heroin overdoses has funded 350 naloxone kits and reversed nine overdoses.

A UAB nurse is working to expand the Hospital Elder Life Program as the focus of her fellowship with the Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy. 

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