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
UAB researchers Jerzy Szaflarski, M.D., Ph.D., and Ayushe Sharma, Ph.D., won for their study of whether taking cannabidiol oil for seizures affects structures in the brain.
The Department of Psychology has named Christopher Henrich, Ph.D., as the new department chair. He will begin his role in August.
The Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s program in the UAB Department of Physics has been recognized as a Top 25 Best Online program by The Bachelor’s Degree Center.
Darwin Day 2021 will be virtual and will feature speakers Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., director of UAB’s Division of Infectious Diseases; Paul Goepfert, M.D., professor of medicine; and Nathan Erdmann, M.D., assistant professor of medicine.
A UAB psychology expert explains some factors that affect decision-making, and how we contemplate risk versus reward, even during a pandemic.
Ben McManus’ proposal to research the understudied relationship between resident well-being and work organization factors wins a distinguished NIOSH K01 grant.
UAB School of Education assistant professor Claire Mowling teaches prospective physical education teachers and also runs an after-school program for children, called “Move It.”
During the global pandemic, UAB may look a little different, but it continues to educate students and serve the community through its health care, research and programs.
Matt Graben was already an entrepreneur in Birmingham but needed to understand how business worked. The new entrepreneurship program at Collat taught him how to be a better thinker, he says.
Due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, traditional holiday parties may look a little different this year. UAB provides six creative alternatives for the 2020 holiday season.
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