COVID-19

Community Trailblazer: Paula Eppley-Newman

As the Executive Director of Beginnings, Inc. and Board Chair of Trinity Farms Center for Healing, Paula Eppley-Newman has a lot on her plate. But what she prides herself in more than anything is her family and giving back to the community. “I’ve always considered myself a professional volunteer because I’ve either been volunteering or [...]

2020-11-12T12:53:35+00:00November 12th, 2020|Categories: COVID-19, HUB, News|

Center helping to recruit paid Contact Tracers

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced a nearly $23 million federally funded contract with Insight Global to recruit, hire, train, and support 1,000 paid contact tracing staff to further COVID-19 contact tracing efforts in collaboration with local and regional health entities to respond effectively to COVID-19. 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, as a member [...]

2020-07-31T10:23:08+00:00July 31st, 2020|Categories: COVID-19, News|

Center recruiting contact tracer volunteers

The 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, which is part of the Southwest PA Contact Tracing Consortium of the PA Department of Health, is assisting the state in recruiting volunteers to serve as Contact Tracers to help respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the Tribune Democrat article here and learn more here - SWPA Volunteer [...]

2020-06-23T14:26:57+00:00June 23rd, 2020|Categories: COVID-19, News|

Pandemic restrictions magnify barriers to healthy living

Click here to read June's Health Matters article in the Tribune Democrat which features a discussion between Jeannine McMillan, 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health; Dr. Susan Williams, CMO, Conemaugh Health System; and Dr. Billy Oglesby, Jefferson College of Population Health about the regional impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations.

2020-06-05T14:18:54+00:00June 5th, 2020|Categories: COVID-19, HUB, News|
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