Adam Pope
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.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
Nutrition plays a role in building a resilient heart to battle against disease and can be done through small changes, like reducing sodium intake and excess saturated fats.
Although combination chemotherapy with radiation has been the standard of care for treating rectal cancer for more than 20 years, very little is known about why some tumors are more resistant to this treatment than others.
Heffron will assume the role of director July 1, 2022.
In the U.S., chocolate consumption exceeds 12 pounds per person, per year.
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the disparities in health and health care access faced by underserved communities.
The findings represent the first study to examine whether metabolic adaptation, at the level of Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), is associated with time to reach weight-loss goals.
Bibb has been studying neuroendocrine cancer for almost 10 years and has published several reports in high-impact scientific journals.
UAB is one of 14 institutions receiving funding for the Nutrition for Precision Health Study, part of the NIH’s All of Us Research Program.
UAB’s School of Health Professions’ Master of Science in Biotechnology helps students develop and launch new products and technology, building a new future.
Although unproven, this novel sickle cell therapy serves as a potential cure. More measures need to be taken to determine long-term function and organ improvement.