Brianna Hoge

Brianna Hoge

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Manager of Public Relations

bhoge@uab.edu | (205) 855-9983

Leads external communications for units within the university campus and professional schools. Hoge and her team proactively tell stories through external media outlets, featuring news about the arts, student stories, graduate and undergraduate research and beyond. The team works reactively to connect appropriate experts with media on subject matter expertise.

Specific beats: 

  • College of Arts and Sciences
    • Department of Anthropology
    • Department of Criminal Justice
    • Department of Math
    • Department of Physics
    • Department of Political Science
    • Department of Psychology
  • Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
  • School of Dentistry 
  • School of Education
  • Administrative News 
  • Office of the Provost for Student and Faculty Success 
  • Office of Access and Engagement
  • Enrollment, Admissions, Financial Aid
  • Human Resources
  • Student Affairs and Student Life

Kristine Hopkins, professor in the UAB School of Optometry, has received the 2021 Educator of the Year award from the Alabama Optometric Association.

Born at 36 weeks, twins Mary and Emily Monk contracted a virus that would lead to one being diagnosed as blind. 

UAB clinical psychologist Megan Hays walks through five strategies that can be used to manage pandemic anger and burnout. 

UAB’s Rachel Cowan, Ph.D., explains how to assist a disabled neighbor in the event of dangerous weather. 

Vu Nguyen, M.D., MBA, will be the new chair for UAB’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, effective Jan. 1, 2022.

UAB’s Megan Hays, Ph.D., shares how to overcome common negative thinking traps by using cognitive behavioral therapy.
Six students from the UAB College of Arts and Sciences will have their films shown at the 23rd annual Sidewalk Film Festival from Aug. 23-29.
UAB’s Sarah O’Kelley, Ph.D., has successfully renewed a $3.6 million grant from the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilites.

UAB’s Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., explains the importance of getting vaccinated after having COVID, which vaccine to get and when to get it. 

Research by Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., will study how early life stress contributes to health disparities within different age groups.  

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