Savannah Koplon

Savannah Koplon

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Public Relations Manager, Health and Medicine

skoplon@uab.edu • (205) 641-1211

Leads external communications in healthcare, biomedical research and for UAB's six professional schools; Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry and Public Health. Koplon and her team proactively tell the story of UAB health and medicine, including patient stories, innovative research and new therapies, through original content and extensive collaborations with local, national and international media. The team works reactively to ensure appropriate experts are connected with media within their deadline.

Specific beats include: Health System Administration; Heersink School of Medicine (Administration, Student News, Education); Issues Management; Medical Facilities; Medical Partnerships; Precision Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Emergency Medicine; Civitan International Research Center; CCTS;  Department of Informatics; Department of Surgery (Transplantation, Xenotransplantation); Libraries (Reynolds Historical Library, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Lister Hill library)

See Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis on Dec. 2 at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center

See Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis on Dec. 2 at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
Kick off the holiday season with tickets for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis on Thursday, Dec. 2

Enjoy the start of the holiday season Nov. 30 at “Christmas at the Alys,” presented by UAB Music

Enjoy the start of the holiday season Nov. 30 at “Christmas at the Alys,” presented by UAB Music
Enjoy the sounds of the holiday season with UAB choral ensembles and high school choirs from the Greater Birmingham area on Nov. 30 at “Christmas at the Alys.”a

Performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, scheduled for Feb. 8, is canceled

Performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, scheduled for Feb. 8, is canceled

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance scheduled for Feb. 8, 2022, has been canceled due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases and transmissibility in our community. 

Blazers Against Hunger: how Blazer Kitchen provides food and compassion

Blazers Against Hunger: how Blazer Kitchen provides food and compassion
Blazers Against Hunger is UAB’s one-day giving event to fight food insecurity on campus and help employees in need with funds directly supporting Blazer Kitchen and its mission.

UAB’s Department of Art and Art History presents its 2021 Art History Capstone Exhibition

UAB’s Department of Art and Art History presents its 2021 Art History Capstone Exhibition
Two senior Department of Art and Art History students have their research exhibited at UAB’s Art Lab from Nov. 16-19.

UAB awarded $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish Educational Opportunity Center

UAB awarded $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish Educational Opportunity Center
UAB has been awarded a new TRIO grant for an Educational Opportunity Center that will provide free community-based education services to disadvantaged adults looking to pursue their GED completion or continued education.

Sullivan awarded $600,000 grant to support preservation of LGBTQ history

Sullivan awarded $600,000 grant to support preservation of LGBTQ history
A UAB doctoral candidate received a $600,000 grant to further her work in promoting the preservation of LGBTQ history.  

Chen awarded $300,000 grant from U.S. Department of Defense

A research grant provides opportunity to develop next-generation devices with application in quantum metrology, low-energy consumption spintronics and optoelectronic applications.
A research grant provides opportunity to develop next-generation devices with application in quantum metrology, low-energy consumption spintronics and optoelectronic applications.

CORD awarded supplement grant to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural Alabama

CORD awarded supplement grant to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural Alabama
CORD will develop educational modules for students in grades 4 through 6 in Perry County, Alabama, to equip students and their families with accurate information about COVID vaccines.

UAB Athletics, ADPH to host vaccine clinic outside Protective Stadium on Oct. 23

UAB Athletics, ADPH to host vaccine clinic outside Protective Stadium on Oct. 23
The Alabama Department of Public Health is partnering with UAB Athletics as part of their KICK COVID program to host a vaccine clinic Saturday, Oct. 23, at Protective Stadium.
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