VUMC in the news

Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, is quoted in a Newsweek cover story on precision medicine, artificial intelligence and cancer treatment.

POLITICO, Medscape, News Medical, STAT, Bioengineer.org, Global Health News Wire, HealthExec, Managed Care, Morning Consult, NPR and Axios interviewed Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy and Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research, for stories about her Health Affairs study that found Medicare Part D enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts.

NPR interviewed Sepideh Shokouhi, PhD, research assistant professor of Psychiatry, about newly identified differences in the progression and risk of Alzheimer's disease between women and men. The BBC also covered the story and mentioned Vanderbilt.

Kathryn Edwards, MD, Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor in Pediatrics, is quoted in a Healthline story about medical exemptions for vaccines.

Healthline reporter Kristen Fischer interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about a salmonella outbreak in humans linked to dog treats. Schaffner was also interviewed by Healthline for a story about a rise in the incidence of acute flaccid myelitis.

Blake Farmer from WPLN Nashville Public Radio attended Children’s Hospital’s High Five Constraint Camp, an annual weeklong intensive constraint-induced movement therapy camp for children. Farmer hopes to share the piece with Kaiser Health News.