VUMC sources quoted by NBC News, National Geographic, 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 Washington Post, National Geographic, Huff Post, Bloomberg TV, Yahoo! News, and WebMD.

Kathryn Edwards, MD, Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics, is quoted in a Nature piece about the investigation of COVID vaccine side effects.

Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, was interviewed by NBC News for a story about the effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID vaccine in children aged 12-15.

Today.com reporter Chrissy Callahan interviewed David Aronoff, MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about whether it is safe to get in-home beauty services.

Psychology Today posted a column written by Stephen Camarata, PhD, professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, about recently deceased surgeon Dr. Russell Reis, who helped patients restore their sense of self.

Medscape published the Reuters Health story about the JAMA Oncology study from Douglas Johnson, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Medicine and clinical director of Melanoma at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, that found chronic side effects among melanoma survivors after treatment with anti-PD-1 immunotherapies are more common than previously recognized.