Adam Pope

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

Examining perceptions of COVID-19 in Alabama minority communities

Examining perceptions of COVID-19 in Alabama minority communities
Research found that gaining community members’ perspectives to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19, related to prevention, coping and testing, may potentially improve outcomes.

UAB/Lakeshore part of MENTOR program for rehabilitation and wellness

UAB/Lakeshore part of MENTOR program for rehabilitation and wellness
The starter online wellness program offers patients the opportunity to work with a health coach to assist them in improving and self-managing their health from home.

Can I still get COVID-19 after getting vaccinated?

Can I still get COVID-19 after getting vaccinated?
The vaccine most likely does not prevent spread of the virus, but probably does reduce the length of time an infected person sheds virus.

Cannon hits career milestone, performs most robotic colorectal resections of any female surgeon in U.S.

Cannon hits career milestone, performs most robotic colorectal resections of any female surgeon in U.S.
Cannon has performed more robotic colorectal resections than any other female surgeon in the country, and the second most amongst all academic surgeons.

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic in Trussville to open Jan. 19

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic in Trussville to open Jan. 19
The new location offers a wide range of comprehensive and specialty eye services to patients in and around the city of Trussville.

What does COVID convalesced mean?

What does COVID convalesced mean?
At UAB Hospital, the term “COVID convalesced” is used when a patient is no longer considered infectious to others and can be moved out of a COVID-specific care unit, but is still sick and requires intensive medical attention.

Rudraraju leads team to second place in AHA COVID-19 challenge

Rudraraju leads team to second place in AHA COVID-19 challenge
The challenge focuses on understanding the relationships between health conditions, health disparities and social determinants of health at the county level that may bring a higher burden of illness or mortality due to COVID-19.

What you need to know about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

What you need to know about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
As the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine begins to be administered, many Americans still have questions. UAB has you covered.

Research to Prevent Blindness continues its support of ophthalmology research at UAB

Research to Prevent Blindness continues its support of ophthalmology research at UAB
To date, RPB has awarded UAB $5,245,000 in grants, which helped bolster the department’s research activities, including the purchase of equipment, lab supplies, and salaries for new and existing research faculty.

Deaths from CLRD increasing in rural U.S., while rural-urban gap in mortality is widening

Deaths from CLRD increasing in rural U.S., while rural-urban gap in mortality is widening
The study examined trends in mortality due to chronic lower respiratory disease and investigated disparities in deaths due to CLRD between rural and urban areas across the United States.
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