Media

Dr Ray Moynihan is regularly interviewed and his work reported on in media around the world. Here is a selection of some recent examples. Apologies if some of the links no longer work.

  • The Conversation, 2021, “COVID vaccines offer the pharma industry a once-ina-generation opportunity to reset its reputation. But it’s after decades of big profits and scandals”
  • Reports of a 2021 study of media coverage, which Ray worked on and was led by Mary O’Keeffe, across multiple media, including Medical Express, and The Guardian
  • Reports on a 2020 Systematic Review of studies of Covid-19 impacts on healthcare utilisation, in multiple outlets, including the Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age.
  • Multiple media reports globally of Ray’s 2020 study of financial ties between drug companies and the leaders of influential US professional medical associations
  • Global media coverage in 2019 of launch of a new campaign, co-led by Ray, in The BMJ, to forge more independence between industry and doctors

Ray’s November 2018 MJA paper on overdiagnosis and development of a national plan generated much media across Australia, including:

  • Sunrise TV program, November
  • ABC TV interview
  • ABC AM program covers MJA paper and interviews Ray
  • Medical Republic story
  • 3AW radio interview
  • Prominent pieces in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age

An August 2018 BMJ article, co-authored by Ray, on proposal to change the way we label some low-risk cancers generates national and global stories, including:

  • BBC TV interviews Ray, August 15, 2018
  • Front page story in Sydney Morning Herald, August 13, 2018
  • Covered by Australian TV channels,7 and 10, many ABC radio stations, The Conversation and the Guardian
  • Fairfax newspapers, Australia, March 2018, Ray quoted on vaginal mesh scandal