VUMC sources quoted by NPR, Washington Post, Science magazine, 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: Voice of America, NPR, CNN, Prevention magazine, ABC News, HealthDay, Washington City Paper, PolitiFact, and Healio.com.

Science magazine published a piece on causes and treatments for COVID-related “brain fog” that quotes James Jackson, PsyD, research professor of Medicine and director of the ICU Recovery Center.

Healthline reporter Heather Cruickshank interviewed Jennifer Thompson, MD, assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for a story about what to say to pregnant women who are still on the fence about receiving the COVID vaccine.

Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, was quoted in a Washington Post story about people diagnosed with COVID in between vaccine doses.

Reuters Health reporter Marilynn Larkin interviewed Stephen Jae Kim, MD, chief of the Retina Division, for a story about an observational study that found intravitreal anti-VEGF drugs generally are not associated with increased adverse cardiovascular events.