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Adam Pope

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Public Relations Manager, Traditional University Campus

arpope@uab.edu • (205) 934-6986

Leads external communications for units within the traditional university campus. Pope and his team proactively reach out to the media to secure media hits telling the story of happenings on campus ranging from the arts to student stories, graduate and undergraduate research and beyond. The team works reactively to ensure appropriate experts are connected with media within their deadline.

Specific beats include: School of Health Professions; College of Arts and Sciences; Political Science; Criminal Justice; Anthropology; Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Collat School of Business; School of Education; Administrative News; Office of the Provost for Student and Faculty Success; Enrollment, Admissions, Financial Aid; Human Resources; Issues Management; Student Affairs/Student Life;Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center

Locke secures third R01 grant in four years

Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, is director of the UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Division of Transplantation. In all, Locke’s three R01 grants have totaled more than $10.5 million.

Primary care designed for homeless veterans makes a difference in national survey

Studies by the team led by Stefan G. Kertesz, M.D., have shown that homeless patients often feel unwelcome or rejected when seeking health care.

UAB performs first endovascular aortic arch repair in Alabama

The Endospan TRIOMPHE study will enroll patients at up to 30 centers in the United States to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the NEXUS™ aortic arch stent graft system.

Who will benefit from new ‘game-changing’ weight-loss drug semaglutide?

Get the latest on what UAB’s Timothy Garvey, M.D., calls “a very powerful tool to treat obesity.”

Scarinci, one of six globally, recognized for providing lifesaving health services and building community health infrastructure

Scarinci’s Cervical Cancer Elimination project aims to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem in Sri Lanka.

A new mural fosters feelings of joy, unity and pride

A new mural on the UAB campus captures what it means to be a Blazer and shares positive messages of resilience, wellness, empathy and joy, in vibrant greens, yellows and blues.

Spatial mapping of COVID-19 and H1N1 influenza show differential transcriptional signatures

Using spatial transcriptomics, UAB researchers set out to understand the differences and similarities between two viral infections causing acute lung injury, as it could improve patient care, as well as identify novel therapeutic targets.

Obesity is associated with poor outcomes in heart failure, but achieving biomarker-based treatment target goals implies good prognosis

Heart failure is a leading cause of death in the United States. Highly effective medications are now available, and the disease is manageable if patients seek care and take their prescribed medications regularly.

New diagnosis scores make it easier to identify heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

$New diagnosis scores make it easier to identify heart failure with preserved ejection fraction$

A study conducted by UAB investigators found that the newly recommended scores are very effective in diagnosing a type of heart failure that is challenging to detect, and can also help predict patients’ long-term outcomes.

Team of UAB doctors performs new procedure for rare GI melanoma

Anorectal melanoma is often misdiagnosed and most often as hemorrhoids, adenocarcinoma polyps and rectal cancer.

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