The Specialists Cohort (Georgia)
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Dr. Amber Schmidtke recognized there was a large gap between the way that scientists communicate and how non-scientists receive information.
So she made it her mission to reach out to other experts, journalists and the public to work on clear and effective communication about COVID-19.
And she did so in a state that has been among the least transparent and accessible with Coronavirus data in the country -- Georgia.
"She has shared and broken down the real facts and meaning behind the Covid numbers for us Georgians when we could not trust our health department to report the data honestly," wrote one person who nominated Dr. Schmidtke for our program.
Friendly, patient and comforting, she has become one of the most trusted voices in Georgia for analyzing and understanding the COVID-19 pandemic.
A self-described "data nerd," Dr. Schmidtke worked at Mercer University as a professor in the School …
