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.
Wyss awarded the highest honor given by the Alabama Academy of Science.
Research suggests that a class of drugs for rheumatoid arthritis seeking approval this year could be effective against other autoimmune diseases.
UAB will host a workshop on European Union relations.
UAB anthropology researchers will present papers at a conference hosted at UAB.
A UAB researcher has helped develop new guidelines for the treatment of patients with HIV.
Daylight-saving time is hard on the heart.
Gee was a businessman, teacher and mentor.
Reddy has vision for dentistry’s future in his sights.
UAB president and interim provost given engineering awards.
