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)

A media literacy expert shares three tips to dodge disinformation

A media literacy expert shares three tips to dodge disinformation
With people consuming media from dozens of different news sources, including social media, a UAB librarian explains how to avoid mistaking mis- or disinformation for the real thing.

UAB Libraries offer courtesy card to all Alabama residents

UAB Libraries offer courtesy card to all Alabama residents
UAB Libraries has expanded access to printed materials for all Alabamians.    

Heersink School of Medicine to host Preview Day on Dec. 6

Heersink School of Medicine to host Preview Day on Dec. 6
Preview Days offer prospective medical students the opportunity to learn more about all the Heersink School of Medicine has to offer.

UAB’s research awards break another record, reaching $774.5 million for fiscal year 2023

UAB’s research awards break another record, reaching $774.5 million for fiscal year 2023
This record-breaking funding marks a 73 percent growth in research awards over nine years. 

Cold, flu or COVID got you down? Skip the waiting room and get a diagnosis and treatment plan online.

Cold, flu or COVID got you down? Skip the waiting room and get a diagnosis and treatment plan online.
There is no need to leave the house to get help with cold, flu or COVID symptoms with UAB eMedicine’s virtual diagnostic and treatment services.

From a stroke to dancing again: a patient’s healing journey through hyperbaric medicine

From a stroke to dancing again: a patient’s healing journey through hyperbaric medicine
Hyperbaric medicine is a therapy that treats oxygen like a drug, delivering high-pressure oxygen to treat wounds for patients in need.

UAB Medicine listed among “Most Wired” hospitals for 2023

UAB Medicine listed among “Most Wired” hospitals for 2023
UAB Medicine has once again been named one of the “Most Wired” hospitals, affirming UAB’s serving on the forefront of using health care IT to improve the delivery of care.

Jennings nationally recognized for leadership as chief financial officer

Jennings nationally recognized for leadership as chief financial officer
UAB Health System’s CFO has been identified as key female leader in the health care space, among 181 others.   

NIH selects Marrazzo as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH selects Marrazzo as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Today the National Institutes of Health has announced that UAB’s own Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., has been selected to succeed Anthony Fauci, M.D., as the next director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) this fall. 

UAB Hospital remains the best hospital in Alabama, Birmingham metro, according to U.S. News & World Report

UAB Hospital remains the best hospital in Alabama, Birmingham metro, according to U.S. News & World Report
For another consecutive year, UAB Hospital has been named the best hospital in Alabama, with several disciplines and procedures ranked among the best.
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