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.
The Collat School of Business MBA Alumni Breakfast Series continues with Craig Collum.
The School of Nursing Alumni Weekend will be Oct. 18-20.
The Blazer Fun Run will be Saturday, Oct. 13.
Antarctica expert, author McClintock to sign new book Oct. 5.
UAB IT will host a series of expert lectures on cybersecurity.
John Hartman works with the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and the Department of Medicine.
Bradley Yoder, Ph.D., was among the authors of the article in Nature Medicine.
Lauren Slaughter is working on her first collection of poems.
The student group will host educational events throughout October.