VUMC in the news
The Boston Globe, Reuters Health, Cardiology Today, the French publication Le Quotidien du Médecin, the Spanish publication ABC Salud, HealthDay and Medscape were among the news outlets interviewing Meredith Duncan, database administrator in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, for stories about her JAMA study that found quitting smoking was associated with a 39% lower risk of cardiovascular disease within 5 years.
Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy, is quoted in an Associated Press piece about the slowing pace of price increases of name-brand prescription drugs. The wire piece was picked up by numerous news organizations, including NBC News, ABC News, Business Insider and The Daily Mail.
“NBC Nightly News” producer Alexa Keyes interviewed Jacob Kaslow, MD, a second-year pediatric pulmonary fellow at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, for a story about the nationwide increase in the number of teens and young adults treated for severe respiratory injury after e-cigarette use.
Scientific American and Nature published a story into research about whether it improves the health of neonates born by C-section if they are swabbed with their mothers’ vaginal microbes. The piece quotes David Aronoff, MD, Addison B. Scoville Jr. Professor of Medicine.
Cosby Stone, MD, clinical fellow in Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post about the benefits of letting children play in the dirt. Stone is studying how exposing children to some bacteria might prevent allergies.
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about how U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will not be vaccinating migrants for the flu. Cohen also spoke to Schaffner for a separate story about autopsy reports as it relates to pediatric flu deaths. In addition, Kaiser Health News correspondent Sydney Lupkin interviewed Schaffner for a story about e-cigarette illnesses.
New York Times reporter Natasha Singer interviewed Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, professor of Biomedical Informatics for a story about federal regulators making it easier for Americans to use consumer apps to access their patient records.
StyleBluePrint reporter Zoe Yarborough interviewed Jenny Lewis, program coordinator in VUMC Arts, for a story about how she brightens hospitals through art.