Jessica Gall Myrick is the Donald P. Bellisario Professor of Health Communication at Penn State University. She had previously been a full professor at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and an assistant professor at The Media School. Myrick received her Ph.D. in communications from the University of North Carolina in 2013. She was presented with the 2022 KCHC Lewis Donohew Outstanding Scholar in Health Communication Award at the biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication. (May 2023)