Director of External Public Relations

Leads 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.

Specific beats include: kidney chain and Xenotransplant.

Director of Visual Content

Manages operations of the visual content team, including production of assets for UAB News, social sites and institutional digital campaigns. Her team includes video production, photographers, animators and graphic designers that tell the story of the university visually.

Public Relations Manager, Health and Medicine

Leads external communications for units within health and medicine. Shepard and his team proactively tell the story of UAB health and medicine, including patient stories, innovative research and new therapies, through original content and extensive collaborations with local, national and international media. The team works reactively to ensure appropriate experts are connected with media within their deadline.

Specific beats include: Civitan International Research Center; CCTS; emergency medicine; Health System Administration; School of Medicine (administration, student news, education); neurology; neurosurgery; orthopedic surgery; Reynolds Historical Library; Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences; Lister Hill Library; Acute Care Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Precision Medicine, Informatics

Public Relations Manager, Traditional University Campus

Leads external communications for units within the traditional university campus. Rohan and her 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: College of Arts and Sciences; biology; chemistry; mathematics; psychology; Collat School of Business; School of Engineering; Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Research Editor

Communicates UAB research discoveries and initiatives from across the university for a variety of audiences.

Specific beats include: biochemistry; cell, developmental and integrated biology; microbiology; molecular genetics; neurobiology; pathology; pharmacology and tocixology; Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance; Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Public Relations Specialist

Covers stories and media requests with the School of Nursing; School of Public Health; gerontology, geriatrics and palliative care; genetics; nephrology; gastroenterology and hepatology; Liver Center; digestive health; physical medicine and rehabilitation; radiology; primary care; family and community medicine; general internal medicine; telemedicine.

Public Relations Specialist

Covers stories and media requests within the School of Optometry; School of Dentistry; pediatrics; Women's & Infants Center; dermatology; endocrinology & diabetes; infectious diseases; clinical immunology and rheumatology; hematology & oncology; urology; psychiatry & behavioral neurobiology.

Public Relations Specialist

Covers stories and media requests within the School of Health Professions; anesthesiology; cardiology; cardiothoracic surgery; general surgery; Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center; ophthalmology; UAB Callahan Eye Hospital; otolaryngology; pathology; preventive medicine; pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine; transplantation.

Communication Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center

Covers stories and media requests within cancer research and patient care. Develops and executes internal communications for the Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Public Relations Specialist

Covers stories and media requests within the Arts, including the Alys Stephens Center; Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts; arts events; art and art history; music; student life; theatre.

Public Relations Specialist

Covers stories and media requests within the School of Education; anthropology; language and communication studies; government; history; philosophy; social work; sociology; computer and information sciences; justice sciences; exercise science.

Digital Media Specialist

An Emmy Award winning photographer, Myers manages all technical aspects of the UAB News Studio and produces content for UAB News channels and social sites.

Digital Asset Manager

Manages the UAB Image Gallery which houses thousands of images for the campus community. She also schedules photography for UAB Magazine.

Digital Media Producer

Writes and produces stories for UAB News and social sites, including UAB This Week, a weekly recap of happenings around campus.

Photographer

Produces visual content for the university’s flagship publication, UAB Magazine, UAB News, social sites and assets for inclusion in the image gallery.

Digital Media Specialist

An FAA certified drone pilot, videographer, editor and producer, he produces content for UAB News and social sites.