July 11, 2025

VU in the News

The Nashville Ledger: Vanderbilt helps book festival survive funding scare
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver is quoted.

New York Times: Camp Mystic cabins stood in an ‘extremely hazardous’ floodway
Hiba Baroud, A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation Faculty Fellow and associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.

NBC News: This influencer’s videos show an active lifestyle. Offline, she’s fighting for treatment for a painful condition.
Aaron Aday, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.

The Tennessean: Trump's OBBBA will deepen hunger in Tennessee. Here's how you can help | Opinion
Brian Heuser, associate professor of the practice of leadership, policy, and organizations, authored this opinion piece.

Chicago Tribune: Several top CPS staffers leave district following departure of former CEO Pedro Martinez
Jason Grissom, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor and professor of leadership, policy, and organizations, is quoted.

Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt Enterprises CEO is ready to tell 'a new story in the SEC'
Markus Schreyer, CEO of Vanderbilt Enterprises, is quoted.

Associated Press: A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages
James Hudnut-Beumler, Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, is quoted.

New Scientist: Exercise helps fight cancer – and we may finally know why
Ken Lau, professor of cell and developmental biology, is quoted.

The New Era: Merkley will run for re-election in 2026
Research from the Center for Effective Lawmaking is cited.

Prevention: When is the best time to take magnesium citrate for constipation?
Stephanie McAbee, assistant professor of medicine, and Rishi Naik, assistant professor of medicine, are quoted.

Nashville Business Journal: President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to retire
Jeffrey Balser, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Dean and president and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is quoted. Nashville Post published a similar article.

AFP: Video misleads about safety of 6-in-1 vaccine Vaxelis
Kathryn Edwards, professor of pediatrics, emerita, is quoted.

The Nashville Ledger: Vanderbilt lands NIH grant for memory center
Angela Jefferson, professor of neurology, is mentioned.

Scary Mommy: “Loneliness creep” is real, & moms are especially vulnerable
Katherine Schafer, assistant professor of biomedical informatics, is quoted.

Healio: US measles cases hit level not seen since 1992
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted.

MedPage Today: Black patients experienced longest waits for specialty care
Kevin Griffith, assistant professor of health policy, is quoted.

WebMD: Barbie has type 1 diabetes – how to talk to kids about it
Yaa Kumah-Crystal, associate professor of clinical biomedical informatics, is quoted.

VU on the Air

Cure interviewed Olalekan Oluwole, associate professor of medicine, about using CAR T-cell therapy to treat leukemia and lymphoma.

Sports Illustrated: Takeaways from an exclusive conversation with Clark Lea; Just a Minute

Sports Illustrated: Why Clark Lea believes he has the best offensive line of his tenure in 2025

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