VUMC sources quoted in New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters Health, more

The New York Times reporter Roxanne Khamsi interviewed Mark Denison, MD, director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, for stories about coronavirus recombination and antivirals.

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 Washington Post, The New York Times, ABC News, CNBC, MarketWatch, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and Healthline .

Reuters Health reporter Gene Emery interviewed Christopher Hughes, MD, professor of Anesthesiology and chief, Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Division, for a story about his New England Journal of Medicine study that found sedative medications used in intensive care are associated with increased delirium, which is in turn connected with higher medical costs and greater risk of death and ICU-related dementia.

Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post about the COVID vaccines.

The Washington Post reporter Erin Blakemore interviewed Katie Coate, PhD, research instructor in Medicine, for a story about COVID and new onset diabetes.