Media Spotlight

During May 2006, 210 media placements about The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reached a potential audience of more than 36 million people. The following is a sample of those media placements.

Dr. Richard Bradley says experiences with hospital staff no-shows two days before Hurricane Rita’s projected landfall last year shows the importance of detailed preparedness planning, U.S. News & World Report, May.

Drs. Richard Bradley, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner and Parsa Mirhaji talk about a super computer that will be able to tell when an epidemic is headed our way days and weeks earlier than the early warning system available now, KTRK-TV’s “Live at Five,” May 4.

Dr. Elizabeth Fuselier and nurse practitioner Julie Lindenberg explain the value of the new D.N.P. program recently approved for the curriculum of the UT School of Nursing, KPRC-TV’s “Local 2 News At 6 PM,” May 9.

Dr. Deepa Vasudevan offers expert information for five reports after a 16-year-old area boy contracts rabies from a bat bite and subsequently dies despite emergency treatment, KTRK-TV, May 10-13.

Dr. Terry Clyburn says hyaluronate injections can help ease recovery and postpone knee surgeries for “wear-and-tear arthritis,” Houston Chronicle “Health/Medicine” Page, May 11.

UT Dental Branch students Elizabeth O. Lee and Valeri Cavazos talk about misconceptions that Houston’s new teen fad of “hookah” smoking is safe, KHOU-TV’s “11 News At Five,” May 16, and “11 News At Noon,” May 17.

UT School of Nursing Information Resource Director Jan Johnson explores the new trend of podcasting lectures, KHOU-TV’s “11 News At Five,” May 18.

Dr. Hope Northrup and her research team are searching for the genetic link for tuberous sclerosis, which causes multiple tumors and seizures, Houston Chronicle “Health/Medicine” Page, May 18.

Drs. Charles D. Ericsson, Carlos Moreno and Richard Castriotta look at what is on the typical pillow – dust mites, “dust mite poop,” floor grime and unidentified organisms – all of which can cause allergies and infections, “Eyewitness News Tonight,” May 24, and “Eyewitness News at 6 AM,” May 25.

The FDA approves Merck’s new vaccine for Shingles, called Zostavax, which was tested with patients here by Dr. Stephen Tyring, KHOU-TV (aired twice), KTRK-TV and KRIV-TV, May 26.

Dr. S. Ward Casscells addresses avian flu and says “Within a few years, it will be able to jump from person to person,” O, The Oprah Magazine, June.