VUMC in the news

The New York Times featured Stephen Patrick, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy and assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, in an article about the opioid epidemic. WPLN Nashville Public Radio reporter Blake Farmer also interviewed Patrick for a story about his Pediatrics study showing NAS patients who were discharged earlier took longer to recover.

U.S. News & World Report and several other outlets published a story from HealthDay reporter Robert Preidt about the Health Affairs study from Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy, looking at Gleevec prices after generic competition entered the market. Pharmacy Practice News senior editor Marie Rosenthal also covered the study, and CNN producer Jen Christensen interviewed Dusetzina for a story about drug prices.

NBC News is mentioning VUMC’s unconscious bias training led by André Churchwell, M.D., senior associate dean for Diversity Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer, along with other institutions providing this training, in an upcoming story for its website.

U.S. News and World Report picked up an Associated Press story from The Tuscaloosa News about a research study using theater to improve the social skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Vanderbilt is participating in the study and Blythe Corbett, PhD, associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, developed the program.

NBC’s “Today” show carried an item about strange bodily side effects due to pregnancy — including “pregnancy nose.” Angela Wilson-Liverman, MD, associate professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, is quoted.

Crain’s NewsPro editor Karen Egolf interviewed Craig Boerner, media director and national news director, for a story about how reporters can best work with hospitals to find sources and cover national medical stories.