Walter Dehority, MSc, MD, professor of Pediatrics, and Chris Terndrup, MD, associate professor of Medicine, were quoted in a Tennessean story about at-home syphilis tests.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, Scripps News (Boar’s Head meats kill 9, hospitalize 57); CBS News and WSMV Channel 4 News (mosquito-borne disease avoidance); Healthline, Healio, People magazine and MSN (COVID tests and vaccines).
There are TikTok videos in which people demonstrate filing their own teeth in an effort to make them more even. Really. Aaron Brinen, PsyD, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed by WKRN News 2 reporter, Kori Johnson, to discuss mental health aspects of social media and how trends, such as dubious DIY teeth-filing, influence some people.
Amy C. Harrison, MSN, RN, president of Vanderbilt Home Care Services, was interviewed by Becker’s Hospital Review assistant editor Naomi Diaz to discuss Vanderbilt Home Care’s transition to the same electronic health record (EHR) system used by VUMC and what the benefits are for patients and providers.
Medpage Today reporter Tara Haelle interviewed B. Gisella Carranza Leon, MD, associate professor of Medicine and medical director of the Vanderbilt Eskind Diabetes Clinic, for a story about a new study on plozasiran for managing persistent chylomicronemia and pancreatitis risk.
Sophie Katz, MD, assistant professor of Pediatrics, was quoted in a Healio story about children receiving too many antibiotics for ear infections.
Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO, David H Johnson Chair In Surgical and Medical Oncology, and Andreana Holowatyj, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, were quoted in a Live Science story about colon cancer risk in young people and its link to one amino acid.
