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.
Several U.S. cardiologists also called for a refocusing on the biology behind renal denervation to find out why the benefits demonstrated in animal models have not been translated into humans. Suzanne Oparil, MD, a hypertension specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was involved in some of that early research and told MedPage Today that she was optimistic that the approach would work.
A study from The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business shows a connection between engagement and safety. It suggests that employees with low engagement are more likely to work around safety protocols, while highly engaged employees are not.
From: TechRepublic
[UAB's Gary] Warner said: "We built the response to cybercrime where we punish the victim rather than punish the criminal, and we need to change that."
[UAB's Gary] Warner said: "We built the response to cybercrime where we punish the victim rather than punish the criminal, and we need to change that."
Gov. Robert Bentley has signed legislation permitting the University of Alabama at Birmingham to do a study of a marijuana derivative to treat seizures.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham wants to create a more pedestrian-friendly campus. “We want to be a more walker-friendly campus,” Kevin Jaquess, director of real estate at UAB, said.
oday, we share answers from a survey conducted with the 40 Bizwomen participants from Alesia Jones, chief human resources officer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the state's largest employer with about 18,000 employees. Jones has served in this top role since 2009.
Ailey II, the second company of the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, wrapped up its season-long UAB residency Friday night by nearly filling the Alys Stephens Center’s Jemison Concert Hall and performing like dancers on the cusp of great careers.
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recently published the 2013 Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk. Paul Muntner, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues studied participants for whom atherosclerotic CVD risk may trigger a discussion of statin initiation.
The CAREER Award is the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award, and four University of Alabama at Birmingham professors are among the winners.
Being married appears to be a heart-healthy lifestyle, according to researchers. The study reinforces the idea that heart health can be affected by social as well as physiological factors, said Vera Bittner, chairwoman of the American College of Cardiology’s prevention of cardiovascular disease committee and a professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.