VUMC sources quoted by Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC News, 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 Wall Street Journal, WebMD, ABC News, USA Today, Prevention magazine and AARP.

James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, was interviewed for a USA Today story about investing in coronavirus research as a way to prevent future pandemics.

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Buddy Creech, MD, associate professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, about how some researchers are studying the impact a single dose of vaccine has on COVID-19 survivors.

Mark Denison, MD, the E.C. Stahlman Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for an Al Jazeera story about staying ahead of mutations in the virus that causes COVID-19.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) producer Sylvia Thomson interviewed Wes Ely, MD, professor of Medicine and Critical Care, and Jim Jackson, PsyD, assistant director of The ICU Recovery Center, for a story about the toll that COVID-19 has taken on patients even after recovery.

DailyMail.com reporter Annabel Grossman interviewed Robert Miller, MD, professor of Clinical Medicine, for stories about soldiers now dying from their exposure to burn pits when they were deployed overseas.