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.
Alumni were honored with awards for their service and dedication to nursing.
UAB launches Malcovery; new company detects cyber threats, neutralizes attacks, minimizes losses for groups in danger of malware attackers.
The workshop will help raise awareness of the effects of depression on women, their children and their communities.
A joint admissions program will allow eligible students access to a wealth of multi-campus resources, mentorships and scholarship funds.
Robert E. Palazzo, Ph.D., former UAB College of Arts and Sciences interim dean has been named CAS dean.
Waguespack has been in private practice in Birmingham for more than three decades prior to coming to UAB.
Chaffin calls the UAB Campus Green her favorite transformational project.
Carver High’s electric car was built by 10 students using 188 man hours over three weeks, with the help of undergraduate students from UAB.
