January 12, 2021

VUMC sources quoted in The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, CNN, more

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed on vaccinations from Jeffrey Balser, MD, PhD, president and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, continues to be one of the most in-demand sources about COVID-19, influenza and other subjects in the news. Among the news organizations he has spoken with recently: CNBC, The Washington Post, Fortune, Healthline, The Miami Herald, and USA Today.

CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen interviewed Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, for a story about COVID-19 vaccines.

Reuters Health editor Marilynn Larkin interviewed Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, associate professor of Psychiatry, for a story about genetic links to PTSD.