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

New Women’s Heart Health Clinic provides specialized care

New Women’s Heart Health Clinic provides specialized care
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 23 percent of women will die within one year after having a heart attack , and nearly 46 percent of women become disabled with heart failure.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation receives funding for two longstanding centers

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation receives funding for two longstanding centers
The UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is one of the Southeast’s foremost providers of comprehensive rehabilitation care.

Dothan man sees improvement in quality of life after LVAD surgery

Dothan man sees improvement in quality of life after LVAD surgery
James Ward could not walk from his office to his car without having trouble breathing until a life-changing heart pump gave him hope.

New cavity treatment offers no drilling, no filling

New cavity treatment offers no drilling, no filling
UAB School of Dentistry is offering patients with cavities between teeth a new, less painful option for treatment in a new clinical trial.

UAB first in Alabama to implement new FDA-approved PFO occluder

UAB first in Alabama to implement new FDA-approved PFO occluder
Massoud Leesar, M.D., performed the first procedure Jan. 25, 2017, and that is good news for people who suffer strokes as a result of patent foramen ovale, or PFO.

Researchers develop best-yet cell culture system for age-related macular degeneration

Researchers develop best-yet cell culture system for age-related macular degeneration
Christine Curcio, Ph.D., led an international team of researchers that developed a culture system for age-related macular degeneration, the third most prevalent cause of vision loss worldwide.

UAB celebrates Heart Month 2017 with community

UAB celebrates Heart Month 2017 with community
Throughout the month of February, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Medicine, and Heart and Vascular Services will raise awareness about heart disease and ways to help prevent it as part of American Heart Month with many events, including three communitywide initiatives.

UAB School of Nursing breaks down more barriers to health care with new $1.4 million grant

UAB School of Nursing breaks down more barriers to health care with new $1.4 million grant
Expanded partnership with Aletheia House will provide increased access to medically underserved populations in Bessemer.

Meneses to deliver Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Meneses to deliver Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Karen Meneses, Ph.D., has been named the 2016 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, the highest honor bestowed by the UAB Academic Health Center.

Research explores social determinants of health disparities for obesity and related chronic diseases

Research explores social determinants of health disparities for obesity and related chronic diseases
UAB-led Research to appear in American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests that linking electronic health records with social determinants of health and environmental measures could help researchers understand the causes of obesity and chronic disease and suggest strategies for addressing the disparities in these conditions.
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