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Savannah Koplon

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Public Relations Manager, Health and Medicine

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)

Krutul is the first to graduate from the public administration ABM Program

Ania Krutul, the first graduate of the public administration ABM program, concluded her UAB journey with honors, awards and discovery of a lifelong passion for public policy.

UAB psychologist to serve on a $21 million NIH initiative to advance research about opioid crisis

Goodin will be responsible for community and stakeholder engagement to advance opioid research with the goal of impacting the communities most vulnerable to opioid overdose.

Gift from TVA provides UAB students real-world investment experience

The Green and Gold Fund is seeking Collat students who want to help manage the allocation. No market experience or courses are required to participate. Students interested in participating in the TVA Investment Challenge should contact Daniel Sanabria at dsanabria@uab.edu.

Entering first-time freshman, transfer and online students can apply to UAB for free from Oct. 17-22

UAB application fees will be waived from Oct. 17-22 for students looking to apply for higher education.

EACC celebrates 40th anniversary and a commitment to helping Blazers stay well

UAB’s Employee Assistance and Counseling Center is home to 14 clinical team members, a variety of counseling options, and programming such as support groups, workshops and seminars, yoga classes, suicide prevention training courses, and more.

UAB freshman pre-med student Shi recognized as a 2022 Presidential Scholar

Shi, an Honors College and pre-med student at UAB, has been recognized by the President of the United States as a 2022 Presidential Scholar.

Barefield makes transformative $10 million gift to UAB to bridge criminal justice, entrepreneurship for a better Birmingham

A transformative gift to UAB from J. Frank Barefield, Jr. will help shape a more prosperous future for Birmingham and beyond.

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