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
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.
The fair will feature performances by local musicians, the work of local artists, performances of slam poetry and booths by departments within the School of Medicine.
The UAB study, an updated meta-analysis of the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, provides further support to the current American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines and challenges the recently published DANISH trial.
For the first time in humans, it has been reported that eating early in the day lessens daily swings in hunger and changes the 24-hour pattern of fat oxidation and energy metabolism, which may aid in weight loss.
UAB experts say having a plan , setting specific goals and keeping track of progress are great action items to keep in mind when making resolutions for the new year.
UAB is the only hospital in Alabama to perform 500 TAVR cases.
Spread holiday greetings, not the flu, this season.
“I chose to go to UAB because I felt like it was on the frontier of health care with a program like this.”
A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is the 15th leading cause of death in the country, and the 10th leading cause of death in men older than 55.
Authors of a New England Journal of Medicine article recommend a new case be made for housing to end homelessness, emphasizing benefits and de-emphasizing problematic cost-savings arguments.