VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, National Geographic, NBC 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 Washington Post, USA Today, Prevention magazine, AARP, The Philadelphia Inquirer, National Journal, and The New York Times.

David Aronoff, MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, is quoted in a National Geographic story about a theory that distaste for bitter substances may indicate a greater resistance to COVID.

NBC Nightly News producer Chelsea Damberg interviewed Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, via Zoom for a story about CDC’s summer camp guidelines.

The New York Times reporter John Eligen interviewed Adetola Kassim, MD, associate professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), director of the Adult Sickle Cell Disease Program and clinical director of the Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program, for a patient story about sickle cell disease.

HealthDay reporter Cara Murez interviewed Katherine Cahill, MD, medical director of Asthma Clinical Research, for a story about her American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine study that found type 2 diabetes patients who also have asthma can benefit GLP-1 receptor agonists — a newer class of FDA-approved therapeutics that are generally used in addition to metformin for control of blood sugar or to induce weight loss in patients with obesity.