NBC News reporter Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., interviewed John Graves, PhD, professor of Health Policy, for a story about Sen. JD Vance’s high-risk pool health insurance plan that was discussed during the vice presidential debate.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine reporter Sarah Hayes Coomerinterviewed Tina Hartert, MD, director of the Center for Asthma Research, for a story about the impact of pollution on respiratory diseases or cancer risk as it relates to Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell and the city’s efforts to combat pollution and climate change.
National Geographic reporter Tara Haelle interviewed Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology, for a story about the rising prevalence in stroke – the shifting risk factors, an aging population, as well as diet and physical activity. Schrag also appeared in a Swiss prime-time television special, Fraudes en médecine , about scientific fraud and the scientists who fight it, to their own risk and expense.
The Washington Post reporter Leana Win interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about bird flu. Schaffner was also interviewed for stories in Prevention (Can you get COVID and flu shots at the same time?); Yahoo News Canada (choosing a COVID vaccine); and HuffPost (new COVID variant).
Michelle Roach, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, was quoted in a Healthline piece about why people on TikTok are claiming that Mucinex helped them get pregnant. The theory: that the drug thins cervical mucus, making pregnancy more likely. The evidence (as Roach points out): anecdotal on social media, with no data and no studies.
Jeffrey Conn, PhD, professor of Pharmacology, emeritus, was quoted in The Week about a new schizophrenia treatment, KarXT. “I’m very optimistic and hopeful,” he said.
WTVF News Channel 5 reporter Austin Pollack interviewed Devang Pastakia, MD, associate professor of Clinical Pediatrics, about Easton Reeder, a Brentwood teen’s treatment for brain cancer. “I didn’t want to be known for having cancer. I wanted to be known for overcoming it.”
Brian Rini, MD, professor of Medicine, was quoted in a story in Juta Medical Brief about research into kidney cancer.
Britt Stone, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Neurology, was quoted in a Verywell Mind story about the phenomenon of deja reve — feeling that you have previously experienced a real-life experience in a dream.
Kristin Archer, DPT, PhD, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, spoke to Healio about telehealth physical activity and the improvement it can bring to patients who have had laminectomy surgery.
