(file photo by Dana Johnson)

Nashville Scene reporter Hannah Herner interviewed Marc Bennett, MD, Professor Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, for a story about tinnitus.

Health Leaders Media interviewed Deonna Taylor, PhD, ACMP, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of Adult Ambulatory Nursing, about creating career growth opportunities for nurses.

William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including: Prevention (best timing for a flu shot); AARP (how vaccines work); American Journal of Managed Care (vitamin K refusals by parents); The Washington Post (COVID vaccines and the need for continued vigilance); and NBC News (who should receive the new COVID vaccine).

Reporter Austin Pollack from WTVF News Channel 5 covered the first-ever Scholastic Book Fair at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Longtime teacher Tisha Coggin Clay was interviewed.

Nashville Post managing editor William Williams covered the announcement that Vanderbilt Health has been awarded a federal contract providing up to $11.2 million over five years to establish and operate a first-of-its-kind critical illness clinical trials acceleration platform aimed at improving outcomes for patients in the ICU. Wesley Self, MD, Senior Vice President for Clinical Research, was quoted.

Positively Positive is repurposing reporter Paul Govern‘s Vanderbilt Health News story, “Kelly Dooley’s TB research receives MERIT Award from the NIH,” on its website.