September 29, 2020

VUMC experts quoted by The New York Times, CNN, NPR, more

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: The New York Times,  NBC News, CNN, the FiveThirtyEight site of ABC News, Yahoo!, DailyMail.com, Healthline, and France 24.

NPR science correspondent Joe Palca interviewed James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, for a story about the U.S. Defense Department’s pandemic preparedness program. Parts of the interview aired on that network’s “All Things Considered” program.

Kaiser Health News reporter JoNel Aleccia interviewed Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about the PassItOn trial for convalescent plasma adding new enrollment sites.

Self magazine reporter Karen Dennis interviewed Lisa Zuckerwise, MD, assistant professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, for a story about chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and pregnancy.

Huffington Post reporter Jillian Wilson interviewed David Aronoff, MD, director, Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about COVID-19 in the colder months.