Anna Jones

Anna Jones

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Public Relations Specialist

ajones7@uab.edu | (205) 644-1745

Identifies and develops stories that highlight research, faculty news, patient stories, clinical stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.

Specific beats:

  • O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care 
  • Division of Hematology/Oncology
  • Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehab
  • Department of Surgery
    • Acute Care
    • Breast and Endocrine
    • Cardiothoracic
    • General Surgery
    • Orthopaedic Surgery
    • Plastic
    • Surgical Oncology
    • Trauma
    • Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Department of Radiation
  • Oncology Department of Radiology

The UAB Supportive Care Clinic recently moved to its newest location in the Kirklin Clinic, with new telehealth, counseling and therapy rooms, and a collection of local art.
Tiffani Maycock, D.O., has been selected to serve a five-year term on the American Board of Family Medicine Board of Directors.
Experts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham encourage everyone to get vaccinated to prevent the spread of the Delta variant, which is believed to be much more contagious and more harmful than original strains.

Students in third, fourth and fifth grades can attend the Happy Healthy Hard Elementary Summer Camp now through July 9.

Thomas Buford, Ph.D., will serve a four-year term on the NIH’s Aging Systems and Geriatrics Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.
Elizabeth Brown, Ph.D., has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study epigenetic contribution to the excess risk of a precursor of multiple myeloma in African Americans.

Investigations by researchers at UAB reveal the existence of a day/night rhythm of heart hormones, and how the disturbance of this rhythm could contribute to a high risk of high blood pressure and poor cardiovascular health in obese individuals.

Included in the phase one improvements in the Kingston community is a new mobile market bringing fresh food to the neighborhood.
Patrick Jones, 74, is the first person in the Southeast and the fourth person in the United States to receive the NEXUS aortic arch stent graft, a minimally invasive solution for aortic arch repair.

Symptoms of heart valve disease often go undetected or dismissed as a normal part of aging. Patient Karen Hay was unaware and says the procedure at UAB to repair the valve saved her life. 

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