Jim Bakken
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Chief Communications Officer, Public Relations
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.
Best-in-class patient care among the criteria in Becker’s Hospital Review rankings that list UAB Hospital.
New art pieces are being created to celebrate the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s new Cultural Corridor. Fabric and installation artist Amanda Browder is asking for help from the community to create two giant fabric installations.
From: CBS42.com
Neurologists at UAB and Children’s of Alabama are in the beginning stages of setting the groundwork for trials to treat debilitating seizures with an oil extract from marijuana.
Neurologists at UAB and Children’s of Alabama are in the beginning stages of setting the groundwork for trials to treat debilitating seizures with an oil extract from marijuana.
UAB Spain Rehab to celebrate 50th anniversary in April, invites former patients, employees to attend
The UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC) is 50 years old in April, and the anniversary will be commemorated with several events, including a career fair, a symposium on traumatic brain injury and the recognition of former patients and employees.
If doctors are currently using the technique, the new results "should give them pause," said Dr. Suresh Boppana, a professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And with the treatment appearing to cause more adverse effects, "one has to be somewhat more careful."
“Science depends on replication, and if you don’t have replication there’s always a question,” Steven Austad, an expert on aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said.
From: Chron.com
Becker's Hospital Review has published the 2014 edition of "100 Great Hospitals in America," a compilation of some of the most prominent, forward-thinking and focused healthcare facilities in the nation [and included UAB Hospital in its list.]
Becker's Hospital Review has published the 2014 edition of "100 Great Hospitals in America," a compilation of some of the most prominent, forward-thinking and focused healthcare facilities in the nation [and included UAB Hospital in its list.]
State requirement shifts UAB license plate design from Blaze to Knowledge
School of Education professor takes first place in tennis tournament that supports UAB research.
UAB’s Cockerham edits the most comprehensive encyclopedic resource for health study.