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MPH researchers team up to examine link between flu vaccine and kids’ hospitalizations
Dec. 10, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH graduates Astride Jules, M.D., M.P.H., Carlos G. Grijalva, M.D., M.P.H., H. Keipp Talbot, M.D., M.P.H., and Katherine A. Poehling, M.D., M.P.H., recently teamed up with MPH faculty members William Schaffner, M.D., and Marie R. Griffin, M.D., M.P.H., to investigate the correlation between influenza vaccination rates for children under 5 years old and a decline in children...
Schaffner discusses CDC’s warning about severe flu strain with NPR
Dec. 9, 2014—William Schaffner, M.D., speaks with NPR's Here are Now about H3N2 flu strains, and what measures to take this flu season.
Faculty research one of “biggest HIV/AIDS research breakthroughs of 2014”
Dec. 3, 2014—A recent study from MPH Program faculty member Carolyn Audet, Ph.D., M.P.H., on the role of traditional healers in contributing to delays in care for people living with HIV in rural Mozambique is listed as one of the "biggest HIV/AIDS research breakthroughs of 2014" by the Huffington Post.
Athletes in contact sports more likely to carry MRSA, according to MPH graduate
Nov. 21, 2014—Research from 2006 MPH graduate C. Buddy Creech, M.D., M.P.H., finds that contact sport athletes are more likely to carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus compared with non-contact sport athletes.
On ABC News, Schaffner offers advice for staying healthy when temperatures drop
Nov. 20, 2014—The Vanderbilt MPH Program's William Schaffner, M.D., clears up a common misconception about preventing colds and the flu in wintry weather on ABC News.
MPH graduate’s study finds national decline in one type of serious heart attack
Nov. 20, 2014—2011 Vanderbilt MPH graduate Wesley Self, M.D., M.P.H., is assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and senior author of a Vanderbilt University study released in the American Journal of Cardiology and presented at the national American Heart Association meeting in Chicago this week.
Mastectomies to treat early-stage breast cancers increasing in U.S., according to research from MPH student
Nov. 20, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH student Kristy Kummerow, M.D., is the lead author of a study published in JAMA Surgery on the rising number of early stage breast cancer patients in the U.S. who choose to undergo mastectomy, including removal of both breasts, instead of choosing breast conservation surgery even when they have early stage disease that is confined...
MPH faculty member finds traditional healers contribute to HIV care delays
Nov. 11, 2014—A recent survey of symptomatic HIV-positive people in rural Mozambique, led by Carolyn Audet, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of Health Policy, found that individuals who initially consulted traditional healers had a 2.4 times longer delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis of HIV than those who did not consult healers. The study appears in the Journal of...
MPH graduate talks to NPR about revised advice for flu vaccine
Nov. 7, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH Program graduate H. Keipp Talbot, M.D., M.P.H., recently published a study on the efficacy of high-dose influenza vaccine in older adults. She spoke with NPR about differences in flu vaccines, and how some vaccines may be more appropriate for people at different ages.
Pneumonia vaccine reducing pediatric admissions
Nov. 6, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH Program director Marie Griffin, M.D., M.P.H., MPH faculty member Carlos Grijalva, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) find that the 2010 introduction of a new pneumococcal vaccine for infants and young children in Tennessee coincides with a 27 percent decline in pneumonia hospital...
MPH’s Schaffner speaks with ABC News about ongoing health problems in Ebola survivors
Nov. 4, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH Program faculty members William Schaffner, M.D., speaks with ABC News about ongoing health problems for those who are cured of Ebola. (Photo: Michelle Nichols/Reuters)
In Fitness Magazine, MPH faculty member explains the risk of Ebola transmission at the gym
Oct. 31, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH faculty member William Schaffner, M.D., speaks with Fitness Magazine about the risk of Ebola transmission at the gym.
MPH graduate and mentor weighs in about mandatory Ebola quarantines
Oct. 28, 2014—Vanderbilt MPH Program graduate and Vanderbilt University Medical Center chief epidemiologist, Tom Talbot, M.D., M.P.H., is quoted in a story for Vox about mandatory quarantines for returning Ebola workers.
MPH’s Schaffner argues that quarantine could harm efforts to contain spread of Ebola
Oct. 27, 2014—In an article for Bloomberg News, Vanderbilt MPH Program faculty member William Schaffner, M.D., argues that a mandatory quarantine of Ebola health workers returning from West Africa could make the situation worse by discouraging doctors and other health care workers to volunteer and help contain the virus.
In Forbes, MPH faculty member explains Ebola transmission risk for NYC subway riders
Oct. 24, 2014—In Forbes, Vanderbilt MPH faculty member and infectious disease expert William Schaffner, M.D., explains why riders won't catch Ebola on the New York City subway.