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Anna Jones

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Public Relations Specialist

Identifies and develops stories that highlight research, faculty news, patient stories, clinical stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.

Specific beats:

O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Cardiology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care 
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehab
Department of Surgery
- Acute Care
- Breast and Endocrine
- Cardiothoracic
- General Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Plastic
- Surgical Oncology
- Trauma
- Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Department of Radiation
Oncology Department of Radiology

UAB performs first valve-in-valve procedure using Evolut™ FX TAVR system

The device will be used to treat patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme risk for open-heart surgery.

UAB athlete benefits from emergency care after eye injury

Leo Harris found out firsthand the importance of seeking immediate eye care after a sports-related eye injury.

Eight-year-old uses myopia diagnosis to help others like him

Minority participation in clinical trials helps better prevention, treatment and care outcomes for these groups.

Beat the heat by staying hydrated this summer

One UAB expert provides tips on how you can stay hydrated this summer during The World Games.

Arora receives $3.7 million grant to assess a “genome-first” approach to improving cardiometabolic health through heart hormones

The grant is being used to fund a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that will recruit healthy individuals through a “genome-first” approach and perform deep metabolic phenotyping to understand the underlying mechanisms responsible for the regulation of the human body’s metabolism through natriuretic peptide hormones.

CU2RE Primary Care Pipeline Program helps address primary care shortage in rural and underserved areas

The pipeline program is designed to help undergraduate students from Alabama and neighboring states with pre-medical education and service-learning opportunities to encourage their interest in primary care and future practice in underserved urban and rural areas.

Arora receives $3.7 million grant to improve cardiometabolic health among Black Americans

This grant is being used to fund the first-of-its-kind and largest clinical study in the United States to perform deep physiological phenotyping and will exclusively recruit Black adults to study the use of FDA-approved medications and their role in improving cardiometabolic health.