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.
UAB health experts say you can shed some pounds for the summer by making simple — but safe — changes.
UAB Collat School of Business students reap national awards, Wall Street experience and big earnings managing half-million dollar fund.
Linda Lucas, Ph.D., has been named to the permanent post after a national search.
UAB football coach will host an introduction to the sport May 5.
Students' documentary films will be screened May 2.
Author appearance to commemorate National Donate Life Month.
UAB honors students place well in podium and poster presentations at system conference.
Honors student and incoming School of Medicine first-year receives award.