Many Medicine faculty have received media attention or published impacted papers over the past several weeks relating to COVID-19
- Emily Landon,MD: Prominently featured alongside Governor Pritzker and in UCM’s public service announcements. Also quoted in multiple media outlets:
- https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/emily-landon-speaks-about-covid-19-at-illinois-governors-press-conference; https://time.com/5820118/coronavirus-questions-answered/
- Discussed the stay-at-home order and other coronavirus precautions seem to have halted a bad flu season
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cdc-coronavirus-new-symptoms-not-surprising-20200427-cxuoz7zatzck7plcwpo4zdcxy4-story.html
- https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/27/infectious-disease-expert-says-cdc-limits-early-testing-likely-big-mistake
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/social-distancing-could-last-months-white-house-coronavirus-coordinator-says/2020/04/26/ad8d2f84-87de-11ea-8ac1-bfb250876b7a_story.html
- https://www.businessinsider.com/infectious-disease-specialists-short-supply-low-paid-doctors-us-2020-5
- https://www.businessinsider.com/protect-world-from-next-pandemic-experts-coronavirus-covid-2020-4
- JP Kress,MD and Bhakti Patel,MD: Featured on MSNBC and later carried on WGN for their research relating to helmet ventilation
- Edwin McDonald,MD: Offered tips on how to stay healthy in the great indoors
- Doriane Miller,MD: Discussed how health disparities affect COVID outcomes and working from home
- Raghu Mirmira,MD,PhD: Interviewed on WGN and multiple media outlets about a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that stated that steroids may make COVID-19 worse for asthmatics
- https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/medication-may-make-covid-19-worse-for-asthmatics-study-shows/
- https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-04-06/some-steroid-meds-may-raise-coronavirus-risk
- https://www.mdedge.com/endocrinology/article/220781/diabetes/inflammatory-markers-may-explain-covid-19-diabetes-dynamic
- Aasim Padela,MD,PhD:Discussed how the coronavirus has altered religious death rituals on Chicago Tonight (WTTW)
- William Parker,MD:
- Discussed the ethical dilemmas facing hospitals as virus cases rise on WTTW https://news.wttw.com/tags/william-parker
- Monica Peek,MD: Featured in Chicago Tribune and was interviewed on CBS News about racial disparities in COVID outcomes
- Louis Philipson,MD,PhD as immediate Past-President for Medicine and Science of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), has been very involved with the ADA’s response to the Covid-19 epidemic. The ADA has produced a series of webinars for endocrinologists regarding Covid-19, which can be accessed here: https://professional.diabetes.org/content-page/ada-covid-19-webinar-series.
- Juan Rojas,MD,PhD: Interviewed by the Chicago Sun Times about isolating from his family
- David Rubin,MD and Russell Cohen,MD: Authored papers now in press in Gastroenterology
- Marshall Chin,MD-Says the plan for distributing money to providers who care for the most vulnerable will likely be used to bail out the largest and most well-connected health care corporations
- Lisa Medalie,PhD- Offers tips on how to sleep better during the pandemic
- Thomas Spiegel,MD-Discussed ventilator alternative for COVID patients
- https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/25/21236187/coronavirus-uchicago-medicine-cannulas-ventilator-alternative-hospital-covid-19
- https://wbbm780.radio.com/media/audio-channel/uc-identifies-alternative-to-ventilators-for-covid-patients
- John Schneider,MD