Here is a selection of USC School of Pharmacy faculty members in the news sharing expertise about COVID-19:
- Steven Chen, PharmD, was interviewed on the Freakonomics podcast about how to reopen a country amidst the coronavirus pandemic; it aired nationally on public radio stations. He was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle about why pharmacies need to be able to administer coronavirus tests.
- Irving Steinberg, PharmD, was quoted by The Guardian on the lack of scientific safeguards around most new COVID-19 research; was featured by HSC News and interviewed by KQED on the same topic; was quoted by CalMatters about how the coronavirus affects children.
- Dana Goldman, PhD, co-authored an op-ed for The Hill on how electronic health records and aggregated medical data could help guide the pandemic response. Additionally, he was interviewed by KPCC-FM about how we will prepare for future pandemics.
- Erin Trish, PhD, and William Padula, PhD, co-wrote an op-ed in Modern Healthcare, “Global Budgets Offer Financial Cushion Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic.”
- Geoffrey Joyce, PhD, authored an op-ed in The Conversation titled “5 COVID-19 Myths Politicians Have Repeated That Just Aren’t True.” The piece was featured by Business Insider, Houston Chronicle, The Street and Snopes.
- Patrick K. Tabon, PharmD, was quoted by STAT about COVID-19’s impact on Filipino-American healthcare workers.
- Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD, and Erin Trish, PhD, co-authored an op-ed in The Conversation titled “Group Testing for Coronavirus – Called Pooled Testing – Could Be the Fastest and Cheapest Way To Increase Screening Nationwide”; it was featured by Smithsonian Magazine.
- Richard H. Dang, PharmD, co-authored a USC Schaeffer white paper titled “Is the U.S. Ready to Quickly Vaccinate its Population Against COVID-19?” Additionally, he was quoted by Drug Topics about the California Department of Consumer Affairs easing restrictions that prevented most pharmacies from testing for coronavirus.
- Dana P. Goldman, PhD, and Darius N. Lakdawalla, PhD, co-authored an op-ed for The Hill on pooled testing as an affordable and scalable means for employers to test their workers for COVID-19.
- John A. Romley, PhD, was quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal on the impact of COVID-19 on hospital profits; talked to the Los Angeles Times about how a shuttered L.A. hospital was brought back to life to fight coronavirus.
- Frances J. Richmond, PhD, was quoted by USC News about the coronavirus vaccine and why new vaccines often face a long, difficult path to approval.