Self magazine reporter Korin Miller interviewed Aaron Brinen, PsyD, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a story about a viral video of Nick Jonas taking a water break outside of the Golden Globes, after he seemingly confirmed suggestions he was dealing with social anxiety. He reposted it on X and many people have talked in the comments about how they also grapple with social anxiety.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including CNN, AARP and Prevention (the benefits of getting a flu shot); Healthline and Public Good News (changes to the vaccine schedule); and People (the ill-fated Holland America cruise ship in which 81 passengers and eight crew members were felled by norovirus).
Scientific American reporter Meghan Bartles interviewed Kathryn Edwards, MD, Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics, for a story about how the CDC’s vaccine rollback will affect respiratory virus season.
Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, spoke to WKRN News 2 and Poynter about the importance of getting a flu vaccine.
WPLN Nashville Public Radio reporter Catherine Sweeney interviewed Joseph Gigante, MD, professor of Pediatrics, for a story about flu vaccines and their role in reducing disease and death in children.
MSN and others are covering the JAMA Oncology study from Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, associate professor of Medicine, holder of the Edward Claiborne Stahlman Chair, and director of the Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, that found about 1 in 5 patients with cancer who undergo genetic testing are incidentally found to have mutations in their blood called clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) that put them at increased risk for heart disease following cancer treatment.
Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, professor of Health Policy, was quoted in an NBC News piece about an agreement by drug makers to cut costs.
Smithsonian and Time published pieces on the wisdom or lack of wisdom in giving ChatGPT access to medical records. Both pieces quote Bradley Malin, PhD, professor of Biomedical Informatics.
Newsylist, MSN, Life Technology, Knowridge Science Report, News Medical, Today Headline, Mirage News, and FirstWord Pharma covered the VUMC News release about the JAMA Network Open study from Danxia Yu, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, and Jason Samuels, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, that found both the new weight loss drugs and bariatric (weight loss) surgery improve body composition in patients with obesity by inducing a moderate loss of fat-free mass (including lean muscle) along with a substantial reduction in fat.
