VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at Associated Press, NPR and more

ABC TV (Australia) (video starts at 9:47 mark), Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN New Day, CNN OutFront with Erin Burnett (live on 5/20), Colorado Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo News, The Washington Times, Reuters, Fantasy Football Index, STAT, 104.5 The Zone, Yahoo Life and Yahoo Finance TV (live on 5/21) interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for stories about coronavirus. 

NPR reporter William Stone interviewed Wesley H. Self, MD, MPH, associate professor and vice chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, for a story about enrollment for the hydroxychloroquine trial.

Cancer Therapy Advisor science writer Caroline Seydel interviewed Brian Rini, MD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, and Matthew Tucker, MD, clinical fellow in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, for a story about a new paper showing that androgen-depriving therapies for prostate cancer appear to protect against infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Associated Press national chief medical writer Marilynn Marchione interviewed David Aronoff, MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about a Lancet study that found no evidence of benefit for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients. MedPage Today associate editor Molly Walker interviewed Aronoff for a story about hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. Washington Post reporter Rachel Weiner interviewed Aronoff for a story about asymptomatic testing/contact tracing in Nebraska and Tennessee.

GenomeWeb interviewed James Crowe, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, for a story about his antibody research.

NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning and Sirius XM Doctor Radio interviewed Tina V. Hartert, MD, MPH, assistant vice president for Translational Science, about her HEROS study looking at SARS-CoV-2 in children.

Nashville Scene editor in chief D. Patrick Rodgers interviewed Stephen Patrick, MD, director of the Center for Child Health Policy, for a story about what work has been like during the pandemic. 

Infectious Disease Special Edition magazine medical/science writer Karen Blum interviewed Kathryn Edwards, MD, scientific director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, for a story about the decline in childhood vaccinations during COVID-19.

Science Friday video producer Luke Groskin interviewed Ardina Pruissers, PhD, research assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, for a story about long-term research projects to understand, treat and prevent COVID-19.

Wired senior writer Kate Knibbs interviewed Robert Carnahan, PhD, associate director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, for a story about synthetic antibodies and COVID-19.