Jim Bakken

Jim Bakken

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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.

Recent UAB graduate Brendan Rice has received an honor for his work in helping to eradicate world hunger.

UAB researchers publish study that says exercise in moderation yields the best results.

New UAB clinical trials unit makes participation in studies less stressful for patients and provides early access to experimental treatments.

The expedition's website highlights the research, daily trials and musings of the 2013 UAB Antarctica team.

J. Iwan Alexander will be the sixth dean in the history of the School of Engineering.

Repeat midurethral sling surgery can improve quality of life in women with recurrent stress urinary incontinence who have already undergone the procedure.

UAB has selected a dynamic class of young professionals to become its ambassadors.

Kilgo also works with the schools of Nursing and Health Professions.

Keyser joined the UAB faculty in 1996.

Kay has held several administrative positions at UAB, including director of the Clinical Electrophysiology Section within the Division of Cardiovascular Disease.

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