VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, Time magazine, Reuters, 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 New York Times, Healthline, WebMD, Yahoo! News, PBS “Frontline,” and MSN News via the Daily Mail.

Time magazine health correspondent Jamie Ducharme interviewed Loren Lipworth, ScD, research professor of Medicine and associate director of the Division of Epidemiology, for a story about the slight rise in COVID vaccinations after weeks of decline.

David Aronoff, MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, writes about the timeline for COVID-19 booster vaccines in a piece from MedPage Today.

Research by Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine, is cited in a story in STAT about colorectal cancer in young men. The piece is tied to last year’s death of actor Chadwick Boseman.

Reuters Health editor Marilynn Larkin interviewed Ingrid Mayer, MD, professor of Medicine for a story about her Journal of Clinical Oncology article on the merits of capecitabine vs. platinum therapy.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a podcast featuring Shari Barkin, MD, professor and chair of Pediatrics and division chief of Academic General Pediatrics, discussing ways to reduce firearm injuries. The AAP also released its Gun Safety and Injury Prevention Initiative course, Safer: Storing Firearms Prevents Harm.