Jim Bakken
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Chief Communications Officer, Public Relations
As chief communications officer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine, Bakken leads teams that set and execute internal and external communications strategy. Prior to joining UAB in 2012, Bakken spent a decade working with a diverse client base at two full-service communications firms. Bakken spent eight years in Nashville at McNeely Pigott and Fox – one of the largest PR firms in the Southeast – prior to launching Peritus Public Relations in Birmingham in 2010. Bakken has served on the board of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America and has been a Birmingham Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree.
World-renowned obesity expert becomes one of nearly 30 past and present UAB researchers to attain one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
The public is invited to learn more about graduate program opportunities at UAB Oct. 25.
The Carole W. Samuelson Lectureship in Public Health Practice will be given by author Steven Johnson.
Founder of the youth movement that helped bring change to Serbia will speak Oct. 18.
Strong curriculum, flexible schedules and cutting-edge classes were highlights for reviewers.
Multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health will propel research in energetics, aging and health disparities.
UAB Montgomery campus will enroll 10 third-year medical students starting May 2014.