Parul Goyal, MD, associate professor of Clinical Medicine, was quoted in a HuffPost piece, “7 Signs You’re Aging Well.” In the story, she cites three components of aging well: physical health, emotional connection and mental support.
Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, Craig-Weaver Professor and professor of Pediatrics, was quoted in a MedPage Today story about babies being protected against RSV during the first season that immunization was available.
Michael Gibson, MD, PhD, associate professor of Medicine, was quoted by NBC News in a story about how stomach cancer is being detected earlier, which leads to hope for better survival rates.
NBC News quoted Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, about the appointment of oncologist Vinay Prasad as the FDA’s new vaccine chief.
Everyday Health reporter Don Rauf interviewed Cathy Eng, MD, executive director, Young Adult Cancers Program, and Mariana Byndloss, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, for a story about a Naturestudy that found a link between childhood exposure to the bacterial toxin colibactin and later development of early-onset colorectal cancer.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, Scientific American (universal vaccines); Forbes and The Beacon (Texas measles outbreak eclipses 700 cases); Well + Good (importance of hand-washing); and KCBS radio in Los Angeles (vaccine-testing protocol).
Roger Dmochowski, MD, professor of Urology, was quoted in a Healio story about an implantable tibial neuromodulation treatment that significantly improved quality of life among women with urgency urinary incontinence, according to a new study in The Journal of Urology.
WKRN News 2 reporter Kori Johnson interviewed Aaron Caskey, RN, a nurse at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital and recipient of a recent DAISY Award, for a story about his becoming an ordained minister to officiate the wedding of the daughter of a patient before her passing.
