Dr. Jill Henning, associate professor of biology and undergraduate research coordinator, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, has been instrumental in providing valuable information about COVID-19 in the Johnstown region.

She led a team of Pitt-Johnstown biology students in developing an online coronavirus toolkit that includes public health information that local school officials could download. She talked to families about how to help children understand and deal with coronavirus in a video for Macaroni Kid, a weekly family-friendly e-newsletter. Additionally, Dr. Henning penned an op-ed and was featured in a recent video interview about COVID-19 for The Tribune-Democrat.

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