SUMC in the News (12/07/07)
Print media coverage
New York Times, 12/07/07
Study: Calls help couch potatoes walk
Computer-generated phone calls may be an effective, low-cost way to encourage sedentary adults to exercise, according to a recent study by Stanford researchers. Abby King, professor of health research and policy and a senior investigator at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, is quoted in this Associated Press piece, which also appears on ABCNews.com and in the Arizona Republic (Phoenix), Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, DiscoveryChannel.com, Forbes.com, Houston Chronicle, Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.), Las Vegas Sun, Miami Herald, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Newsday (New York), Newsweek.com, Oakland Tribune, Philly.com, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, San Jose Mercury News and the Washington Post. King is also quoted in a United Press International article.
San Francisco Chronicle, 12/07/07
Bids for stem-cell grants in jeopardy
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine may toss out grant applications for researchers at UCSF and other prestigious universities because they included letters of support from deans who also sit on the citizens' board that governs the $3 billion program. Dean Philip Pizzo provides comment in this article.
Broadcast media coverage
KGO-AM, 12/05/07
Abby King was interviewed during this segment on the recent study on the use of computer-generated phone calls to encourage exercise. Similar segments also aired on television stations across the country, including ones in Chicago; Cleveland; Detroit; Orlando, Fla.; Minneapolis; New York and San Diego.
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