The Specialists Cohort (Pennsylvania)
Jill Henning is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
Early in the pandemic she and her students put together a coronavirus toolkit for businesses, families, and schools that was freely available here.
In March 2020, Editor Chip Minemyer recruited her along with a local physician to answer questions concerning COVID-19. She made science relatable and engaging answering hundreds of questions.
The COVID-19: Your Questions feature was picked up by other CNHI newspapers across the country.
In December 2020, Cambria reached a grave milestone: they were first in the nation for COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita. That December, Ashlee Kiel reached out to Jill to help with the community effort to educate she was beginning.
From that meeting, In This Together Cambria was born. This organization along with The Tribune Democrat and UPJ, have been educating residents of Cambria county thr…
