William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, Time (invasive strep infections on the increase in the U.S.); NBC News, Forbes and the Las Vegas Review-Journal (measles); and Healio (RSV and risk of death).
Yahoo! News reporter Korin Miller interviewed Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Milner Staub, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about recurrent UTIs and concerns about antibiotic resistance as a whole.
Self magazine interviewed Lindsey Mckernan, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, for a story about how to stay calm when life feels uncertain.
WKRN News 2 broadcast a story on a proposed shift of school start times in Nashville. The piece quotes Beth Malow, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Center, about the importance of adequate sleep for adolescents.
WTVF News Channel 5 reporter Robb Coles interviewed Jeffrey Tosoian, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Urology for a story on prostate cancer testing and a new method for a non-invasive test that can be done at home.
Zachary Warren, PhD, executive director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s TRIAD autism institute and director of the Division of Developmental Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, was interviewed by, among other outlets, NBC News, CBS News, and NPR, about the rise in autism rates in American children reported by the CDC.
H. Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine and Health Policy, was mentioned in stories in STAT and the Associated Press about the federal Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices’ recent meeting. Talbot is the chair and a longtime member of the committee. Kathryn Edwards, MD, professor of Pediatrics, emerita, was also quoted in the STAT piece.
