CHRISTOPHER SANFORD, MD, MPH
Travel Health Consultant
Interviews
5 Jan. 2021.
Interviewed on KBTC, Tacoma PBS TV station, on Northwest Now, by Tom Layson, on COVID-19 and vaccines.
https://www.pbs.org/video/covid-vaccines-wdzems/
[Sanford section starts at 7:20]
8 Dec. 2020.
USA Today reporter Dawn Gilbertson, re COVID-19 testing and travel.
19 Nov. 2020.
Ryan Miller, USA Today, on pre-travel screening for COVID.
16 Nov. 2020.
Brendan Kiley, Seattle Times, on COVID and quarantine behavior. (published print and online 20 Nov. 2020)
13 Nov. 2020.
KOMO TV, Nick Popham, on travel and COVID
https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/west-coast-governors-recommend-travel-advisory
12 Nov. 2020.
KNKX radio, NPR, Jennifer Wing, regarding COVID and travel
https://www.knkx.org/post/thanksgiving-around-corner-officials-try-flatten-covid-curve
26 Oct. 2020.
USA Today reporter Dawn Gilbertson, re COVID-19 and risk of transmission on commercial aircraft
23 Oct. 2020.
UW Medicine Media Relations, re COVID-19 and travel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PCN08EqeLg&feature=youtu.be
Nov 2020
UW Medicine: Should You Travel for the Holidays? It’s Complicated. Interview with Christopher Sanford, MD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PCN08EqeLg&feature=youtu.be
5 November 2020
Interview with infectious disease specialist Dr. Paul Pottinger, on COVID-19 illness course and treatment,
2 November 2020
Interview with infectious disease specialist Dr. Seth Cohen, on COVID-19 transmission and risk reduction, 2 November 2020.
5 April 2019
Interviewed on KBTC, Tacoma PBS TV station, on Northwest Now, by Tom Layson, on vaccines, measles, and the anti-vaccination movement. (Sanford interview starts at 4:55)
Local:
9/14/05
interviewed on KOMO’s “Northwest Afternoon”
9/12/05
interviewed on KIRO/KING, Seattle
radio:
9/20/05
interview on KUOW, Seattle
press:
9/11/05
p. 1 interview with Seattle Times
9/15/05
interview by Craig Degginger for University Week
9/05
Interviewed for University of Washington’s Health Beat on disaster preparedness
Other
1 May 2019
Interview, with Stephanie Perry, for May/June 2019 UW Medicine Advancement email newsletter.
7 March 2019
Sanford, C. Podcast for Merck, on travel medicine, recorded 7 March 2019;
Anchor FM | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcast | Spotify
November 2015
Video interview for Merck Manual Home Edition Home Page, on reducing risk of illness
during travel: http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/news/editorial/2015/11/13/15/10/healthy-travel-editorial
Other Interviews
22 February 2019
Interview, on travel health, with Outbreak News Today, podcast, and 1380 AM (Florida). With Robert Herriman.
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/staying-healthy-abroad-dr-christopher-sanford-74784/
10 January 2019
KUOW (Seattle NPR radio station): interview with Bill Radke, on Staying Healthy Abroad: A Global Traveler’s Guide (UW Press, 2018)
October 2018
Airbnb Magazine, Liz Krieger. The Sanest Stay-Healthy Travel Advice.
https://medium.com/airbnbmag/the-sanest-stay-healthy-travel-advice-4e4b98c09de5
December 2018
Columns, Sally James. Safe travels: 10 tips to help you have a healthy trip.
https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/safe-travels-10-tips-to-help-you-have-a-healthy-trip/
Interviews with UW Medicine:
September 2017
Flu http://www.uwmedicine.org/flu
November 2017
myths re flu
9 Feb. 2017
Interview with 1380 AM (Florida, US) radio/Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, with Robert Herriman, on travel health.
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/travel-medicine-interview-dr-christopher-sanford-56962/
19 January 2017
Interview with Cassie Shortsleeve, for online article for Conde Nast Traveler.
9/13/2016
Interview with Chelsea Harvey, reporter, Popular Science Blog
http://www.popsci.com/why-we-always-get-sick-on-road-and-how-to-prevent-it
July 21, 2016
Interview with David Wild, reporter (Toronto, Canada) for article on Vaxchora (vaccine for cholera) for article in Infectious Diseases Special Edition.
January 27, 2016
Interview on Zika virus, with Heather VanDusen Wilson, reporter, HS NewsBeat, Seattle, WA.
February 2, 2016
Interview on Zika virus, with Ruby DeLuna, reporter, KUOW, Seattle, WA.
December 2015
BuzzFeed: Here’s How to Not Get Sick When You’re Traveling. Interview with Casey Gueren. Posted Dec. 18, 2015.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/caseygueren/omg-stop-coughing-near-me#.orKrw05L6Q
May 2014
Interview with Summy Lau, Health Editorial Assistant, Closer Weekly magazine, on travel health.
May 2008
One-hour interview on NPR radio station KUOW, Seattle, with Steve Sher, on The Adventurous Traveler’s Guide to Health, published that month. UW Press.
5/31/2006
Interview on the Internet for healthtalk.com, on traveling with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Producer: Kaitlin Duffy Host: Judy Foreman.
Jason Brooks of KIRO (Seattle AM radio), regarding travel by air and risk of DVT
11/2003
Seattle Times: on travelers’ diarrhea.
7/10/2002
on insect avoidance.
7/17/2002
on motion sickness.
June 2002
Women’s Day: on motion sickness
Spring, 2002
UW School of Medicine: Medicine Northwest: Travel Medicine.
2/21/2002
University Week (University of Washington): on motion sickness.
1/28/2002
Tacoma News-Tribune: on travelers’ diarrhea.
10/05/2002
with Rita Robinson, on hand washing and infectious disease
2002
UWMC (University of Washington Medical Center) HealthBeat:
On reducing risk of trauma while traveling.
March 2004
When is Someone Too Sick to Fly?
Media Interviews regarding deployments of IMSuRT-West, U.S. Federal disaster response team:
TV: National
NBC Nightly News, by Robert Bazell, Chief Science Correspondent, in Port-au-Prince, on work on field surgical hospital.
9/15/05 interviewed by Ron Reagan on his MSNBC show “Connected Coast to Coast”