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.
Skimping on nutrition and proper sleep can blur your child’s focus on schoolwork, professor says.
Bachelor of marketing degree will include four subject concentrations.
Master's of engineering management degree will be offered.
Programs in Health Professions, Engineering and Education schools change names.
Nelson will be professor emerita of pediatrics.
Milby will be professor emeritus of psychology.
New endowed professorship in comprehensive dentistry established.
Elewski will be the first holder of an endowed professorship in graduate education.
Professor and associate director of the UAB Aging Center will hold an endowed chair in psychology.