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Micah Hardge

Micah Hardge

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Public Relations Specialist

micahxh@uab.edu | (205) 645-7495

Identifies and develops stories that highlight research, faculty news, patient stories, clinical stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.

Specific beats:

  • Department of Anesthesiology
  • Department of Dermatology
  • Department of Family and Community Medicine/Primary Care
  • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 
  • Division of Nephrology 
  • Department of Ophthalmology/UAB Callahan Eye Hospital  
  • Department of Otolaryngology/ENT 
  • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine 
  • Department of Surgery
    • Gastrointestinal
  • Department of Telemedicine
  • Department of Urology
Karen Iles, Ph.D., director of the OCIRB, was awarded with the ESGR Patriotic Employer Award from the Department of Defense.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Recreation Center is seeking to make water safety a priority in the community with swim school and private swim lessons.
Jeydi Gonzalez-Guzman, a spring 2023 graduate of the UAB Department of Chemistry, was recently awarded a post-baccalaureate position with the NIH.
Initially set on education, a UAB chemistry Ph.D. graduate is letting his first passion fuel his next adventure as he sets off to Hawaii for a postdoctoral fellowship.
Hunter Caroline Davies will receive her master’s degree in anatomical science at UAB’s summer commencement Aug. 11. But she is already back in the classroom as part of the Heersink School of Medicine’s class of 2027.
Maksim Dolmat is a 29-year-old international student who will be graduating from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a doctorate in chemistry Aug. 11.
Rising junior and UAB Honors College student Wajiha Mekki was recently selected for a prestigious internship with Johnson & Johnson.
UAB expert offers interesting facts about the safety of natural bodies of water as they relate to summer fun.
Arushi Kotru, a spring 2023 UAB graduate, will have the opportunity to spend the summer in India learning Hindi as a recipient of the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $456,786 from the National Science Foundation to fund the development of a 3D-printed high-entropy alloy superconductor.
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