Alumni Heroes and the Next Generation

Pitt alumni and students are doing their part on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, both at home and abroad. In “Alumni Heroes,” part of the Pitt Perspectives on Navigating a Pandemic series, hear the stories of:

• Jim Withers (MED ’84), director and founder of Operation Safety Net and assistant clinical professor at Pitt. 
• Katie Parker (SOC WK ’12), a public health nurse for the Allegheny County Health Department.
• Kilkon Ko (GSPIA ’06), director of the Asia Regional Information Center at Seoul National University.
• Courtney Sheridan, a first-year student in the School of Computing and Information and volunteer with VaccinatePA.