UAB Public Relations works with students, faculty, staff and the news media to support the institution’s strategic goals and inform the public. Contact us for more information or to request phone, in-person, e-mail or to use the UAB News Studio for interviews with our experts, including those within the UAB Health System.
Alicia Rohan
Director of External Public Relations
arohan@uab.edu • (205) 975-7515Leads strategy development and implementation for a team of public relations professionals to coordinate external communications for the university and health system, including media relations, emergency communication, social media and special projects.
Brianna Hoge
Manager of Public Relations
bhoge@uab.edu | (205) 855-9983Leads external communications for units within the university campus and professional schools. Hoge and her team proactively tell stories through external media outlets, featuring news about the arts, student stories, graduate and undergraduate research and beyond. The team works reactively to connect appropriate experts with media on subject matter expertise.
Specific beats:
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Criminal Justice
- Department of Math
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
- School of Dentistry
- School of Education
- Administrative News
- Office of the Provost for Student and Faculty Success
- Office of Access and Engagement
- Enrollment, Admissions, Financial Aid
- Human Resources
- Student Affairs and Student Life
Adam Pope
Manager of Public Relations
arpope@uab.edu | (205) 934-6986Leads external communications for units within the medical entities. Pope and his team proactively tell stories through external media outlets, featuring news about research, clinical happenings, patient stories and beyond at UAB. The team works reactively to connect appropriate experts with media on subject matter expertise.
Specific beats:
- Health System Administration
- Heersink School of Medicine
- Medical Facilities
- Medical Partnerships/Alliances
- School of Health Professions
- Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center
- Live HealthSmart Alabama
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Surgery
- Transplantation
Ted Feeley
Associate Athletics Director for Communication
tfeeley@uab.edu | (205) 934-0730Leads external communications for UAB Athletics. For more information, visit www.uabsports.com/sports/2017/6/20/athletic-communications-media-policies
Jeff Hansen
Research Editor
jeffhans@uab.edu | (205) 209-2355Communicates UAB research discoveries and initiatives from across the university for a variety of audiences.
Specific beats:
- Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance
- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Biomatrix Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Cell biology
- Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering
- CCTS
- Center for Metabolic Bone Disease
- Microbiology
- Neurobiology
- Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
- Pathology, research shared with MS2
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Physiology and Biophysics
- UAB Research Foundation/IIE
- Research Administration
Hannah Echols
Public Relations Specialist
echolsh@uab.edu | (205) 704-2939Identifies 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:
- School of Public Health
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetesand Metabolism
- Department of Informatics
- Department of Genetics
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Surgery
- Pediatric
- Neurosurgery
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Precision Medicine
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science
Micah Hardge
Public Relations Specialist
micahxh@uab.edu | (205) 645-7495Identifies 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
Anna Jones
Public Relations Specialist
ajones7@uab.edu | (205) 644-1745Identifies 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:
- O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Department of Cardiology
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
- Division of Hematology/Oncology
- Division of Infectious Diseases
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehab
- Department of Surgery
- Acute Care
- Breast and Endocrine
- Cardiothoracic
- General Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Plastic
- Surgical Oncology
- Trauma
- Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
- Oral and Maxiofacial Surgery
- Department of Radiation
- Oncology Department of Radiology
Tehreem Khan
Public Relations Specialist
tkhan1@uab.edu | (205) 807-2124Identifies and develops stories that highlight research, faculty news, student stories and beyond at UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.
Specific beats:
- Collat School of Business
- Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- School of Nursing
- School of Optometry
- Facilities
- Honors College
- Office of National and International Fellowships and Schoalrships
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Sciences
- History
- Philosophy
Shannon Thomason
Public Relations Specialist
thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858Identifies and develops stories that highlight the arts, faculty news, student stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.
Specific beats:
- Advancement
- The Arts at UAB
- AEIVA
- Alys Stephens Center
- Arts in Medicine
- ArtPlay
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Art and Art History
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Music
- Department of Theatre
- Institute for Human Rights
- Department of World Languages and Literatures
- The Graduate School
- Libraries
- National Alumni Society
- WBHM