Joseph Gigante, MD, professor of Medicine, WPLN Nashville Public Radio’s This is Nashville program with host Blake Farmer as part of a panel discussing head lice and how schools should treat children who have lice.
The Wall Street Journal reporter Dominique Mosbergen interviewed James Crowe Jr., MD., director of the Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics, for a story about the rush to find new measles treatments.
WTVF News Channel 5 aired reporter Nikki Hauser’s story on blood donation, which followed a unit of platelets all the way from a donor to a patient at VUMC.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including PolitiFact (flu shots); WVLT-TV in Knoxville (West Nile virus cases in Tennessee); Healthline (how federal cuts to mRNA vaccine funding harms public health); AARP (chikungunya outbreak in China); and Medscape (federal funding for hepatitis C care).
Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, professor of Health Policy, was quoted in an NBC News story about why Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up next year.
CNN reporter Gina Park interviewed Wei Zheng, MD, PhD, director of the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, for a story about his study on the health benefits of walking briskly.
Yahoo News and MSN have picked up the NBC News story with Matthew Alexander, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, commenting on a study that shows air filters can lower blood pressure for adults who live near highways.
Danxia Yu, PhD, associate professor of Medicine, was quoted in a Prevention story about the link between ultra-processed foods and lung cancer.
Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology, was quoted in a STAT story on using lithium as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
WTVF News Channel 5 covered the Hyundai Hope on Wheels event held at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
A film crew from Ivanhoe Broadcast News came to Vanderbilt this week to produce medical stories related to VUMC research, education and patient care that will be sent to local affiliate TV stations in every major market in the U.S. in the coming weeks and months.
The stories include:
- Frozen plasma to treat TBI with Amelia Maiga, MD, assistant professor of Surgery.
- Brain treatments for Parkinson’s disease with David Charles, MD, professor and vice chair of Neurology, and patient Steve Purcell.
- Fluorescent-guided imaging study with Sarah Rhode, MD, division chief of Head and Neck Surgery, and patient Terry Francik.
- Kidney cancer care treatment with Brian Rini, MD, professor of Medicine, and patient Bob Kinkead.
- CAR-T immunotherapy with Olalekan Oluwole, MD, associate professor of Medicine, and patient Kyle Stephens.
- Alzheimer’s research with Patricia Andrews, MD, director of Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials.
- Diabetes Awareness Month with Barbara Carranza Leon, MD, associate professor of Medicine.
- Curative therapy for sickle cell disease with Adetola Kassim, MD, clinical director of VUMC’s Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program.
- Increase in appendix cancer with Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, assistant professor of Hematology and Oncology.
