VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, 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, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNBC, CNN, NBC News, and ABC News.

A Washington Post story summarizing the CDC advisory group recommendations about who should first receive coronavirus vaccines quotes David Aronoff, MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine. Talbot also spoke with CNN  about residents of long term care facilities and vaccines.

The Wall Street Journal reporter Jennifer Calfas interviewed Loren Lipworth. ScD, professor of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, for a story about the surge of COVID hospitalizations in the U.S.

Reuters Health editor Marilynn Larkin interviewed Shriji Patel, MD, assistant professor of Ophthalmology, for a story about a JAMA Ophthalmology study on the equivalence of SB11 and ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

A piece in The New York Times’ fashion magazine, T, “The Grit and Glory of Dolly Parton,” written by Emily Lordi, PhD, associate professor of English, mentions Parton’s gift to VUMC to fund COVID vaccine research.