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.

Public Relations Manager, Health and Medicine

Leads external communications in healthcare, biomedical research and for UAB's six professional schools; Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry and Public Health. Koplon and her 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: Health System Administration; Heersink School of Medicine (Administration, Student News, Education); Issues Management; Medical Facilities; Medical Partnerships; Precision Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Emergency Medicine; Civitan International Research Center; CCTS;  Department of Informatics; Department of Surgery (Transplantation, Xenotransplantation); Libraries (Reynolds Historical Library, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Lister Hill library)

Public Relations Manager, Traditional University Campus

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

Associate Athletics Director for Communication

Leads external communications for UAB Athletics.

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; Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Public Relations Specialist

Specific beats include: School of Nursing; School of Public Health; Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Division of Nephrology; Department of Genetics; Department of Pediatrics; Women's Health; Ophthalmology/UAB Callahan Eye Hospital ; Neurology; Neurosurgery

Public Relations Specialist

Specific beats include: School of Engineering; CORD; Department of Biology; Department of Mathematics; Department of Chemistry; Department of Physics

Public Relations Specialist

Specific beats include: O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center; Radiation Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Radiology, Gynecology Oncology, Urology Oncology, Department of Surgery - Surgical Oncology; Department of Psychology; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology; Otolaryngology/ENT; Department of Surgery; GI, General, Breast and Endocrine, Plastic, Pediatric; Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine; Urology

Public Relations Specialist

Specific beats include: School of Dentistry; School of Optometry; Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine; Department of Dermatology; Department of Family and Community Medicine; Department of Pathology;  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Department of Radiology; Telemedicine; Department of Surgery (Cardiothoracic, Orthopedic Surgery, Trauma, Acute Care, Vascular surgery & Endovascular therapy); Cardiology

Public Relations Specialist

Specific beats include: Department of English; Department of Computer Science; Department of History; Department of Philosophy; Department of African American Studies; Department of Social Work; Department of Sociology; UAB Facilities; Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion; Honors College.

Public Relations Specialist

Specific beats include: The Arts at UAB; Alys Stephens Center ; AEIVA; ArtPlay ; Arts in Medicine; Student Affairs and Student Life; Career & Professional Development Services; Veterans Services; Lecture Series; Homecoming; Issues management ; Administrative News; College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Art and Art History; Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Department of Music; Department of Theatre; Department of Communication Studies; Institute for Human Rights; WBHM; National Alumni Society; The Graduate School; Development