Jim Bakken
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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 launches statewide initiative to investigate, prosecute cyber-criminals accustomed to flying below the radar.
UAB researcher will study the possible connection between cholesterol and kidney function in lupus patients.
UAB's fifth recipient of the Critical Languages Scholarship in three years will study Chinese.
UAB Honors Program has 2 of 15 students chosen for national scholarship to conduct neuroscience and pharmacology research.
The event will be a day of collaboration among faculty, clinicians, postdocs and students with an interest in basic and clinical immunology.
Ebony Hinton will teach public school in Miami’s low-income area for two years.
New technology will make its debut at the School of Engineering Open House Feb. 26.
UAB study reveals loss of sales and use tax from online purchases costs Alabama revenue, thousands of jobs each year.
UAB study finds kids with ADHD rejected by peers may smoke, drink and behave poorly in early adolescence, anxious behavior continues beyond.